APRIL 2025 – ROYAL MAIL UNVEILS POSTBOX OF THE FUTURE TO MAKE SENDING PARCELS EASIER 10th April 2025 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered postbox of the future as the company continues to find ways to make sending parcels easier. The iconic postbox design has been given a modern makeover including an extra-large opening to accept parcels larger than those that fit through a letterbox for the first time. Customers scan their parcel’s… Read More
DECEMBER 2020 – DIGITAL CHRISTMAS POST BOXES 22nd December 2020 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Four post boxes, one located in each UK nation, have been made digitally active to mark Christmas 2020. Each box has a QR code linking to a special festive message from Santa. Royal Mail says it wanted to: “spread yuletide cheer” as well as remind people to send letters, cards and parcels early for Christmas.… Read More
MARCH 2025 – HAVE YOU SEEN A CHARLES III LETTER BOX YET? 14th March 2025 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment The first letter box bearing the cipher of King Charles III entered service on 12 July 2024. That pillar box, on the High Street, Great Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, carries a special plaque on the back, recording its historic role. It has taken some time for further examples to arrive on the streets, but Charles III postboxes… Read More
JULY 2024 – THE FIRST CIIIR POSTBOX IS UNVEILED LIVE ON BBC BREAKFAST 15th July 2024 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment BBC1 covered the unveiling of the first Charles III postbox extensively in its breakfast programme on Friday 12th July. Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty introduced John Maguire who was reporting live from the High Street in Great Cambourne. … Read More
JULY 2024 – FIRST CIIIR POSTBOX ENTERS SERVICE 12th July 2024 | Simon Vaughan WInter | Leave a comment The first post box with the CIIIR cipher of the new king entered service at 8.00am today (12th July). The box was unveiled on the High Street, Great Cambourne, by pupils from The Vine Inter-Church Primary School in Upper Cambourne and HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Mrs Julie Spence OBE CStJ QPM. The pupils posted the… Read More
APRIL 2024 – “BEGINNER’S LETTER BOXES” BOOKLET 8th April 2024 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment The Letter Box Study Group has added a “Beginner’s Letter Boxes” booklet to the Welcome Pack that new Members receive when joining. It explains how to spot some key characteristics which will help them identify some of the many types of letter box they may encounter. Designed to get new Members started in the hobby,… Read More
FEBRUARY 2024 – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PILLAR BOX AND A LETTER BOX? 20th February 2024 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment This question was answered recently in The Times. The newspaper’s archive editor Rose Wild writes a weekly feedback column on issues from its Letters page, and on 27th January 2024 we were very pleased to read the following: “I was too quick off the mark last week when I apologised for not knowing the difference… Read More
POST BOXES GO LIVE ON FIVE 23rd December 2023 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment THE BBC’S Radio Five Live dedicated an entire hour to a detailed discussion of post boxes on 28 November 2023. Hosted by Colin Murray, two LBSG members contributed to the show. Arthur Reeder and Robert Cole spoke along side Chris Taft from the Postal Museum and Colin Sinclair, an enthusiast who was on holiday in… Read More
DECEMBER 2023 – SINGING CHRISTMAS POSTBOXES SERENADE THE PUBLIC 5th December 2023 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment For the first time since 2020, letter boxes specially decorated for Christmas have been unveiled by Royal Mail. The postboxes will surprise and serenade members of the public when they post their cards and letters at four chosen locations across the UK. Painted red and gold, and located in each UK nation, the boxes are… Read More
JUNE 2023 – CRAFTY ROYAL FANS USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO THE FULL ON LETTER BOXES CELEBRATING THE CORONATION 28th June 2023 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment In the weeks leading up to the Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May, many communities made their local letter boxes look as royal as possible with bespoke knitted and crocheted toppers, often featuring the King, Queen, and the crown jewels. According to Royal Mail, toppers began to appear in the Christmas season in… Read More
MAY 2023 – ‘LIVERPOOL SPECIAL’ LOOKING EVEN MORE SPECIAL FOR EUROVISION 9th May 2023 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment The United Kingdom is hosting the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the 2022 winners, Ukraine. Liverpool was chosen to be host city, with the Grand Final taking place in the Liverpool M&S Bank Arena next to the River Mersey on Saturday 13 May and Semi-Finals being held in the Arena earlier in the… Read More