LBSG backs new British letter box plan 26th August 2014 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment The leading authority on British letter boxes welcomes Royal Mail’s new commitment to maintain and increase the number of postal collection points. The Letter Box Study Group (LBSG) today gave qualified approval of Royal Mail’s decision to change its operating procedures in a way that should assure the future of hundreds – perhaps thousands –… Read More
Cheltenham’s ‘rare’ Penfold post boxes 20th July 2013 | Robert Cole | 1 Comment “How often do you give a second thought about the pillar box you use when you go to post a letter? People putting mail in one of a handful of old letter boxes in Cheltenham may not be aware of their historical significance. The town is home to eight “rare” original Victorian… Click here for… Read More
LBSG says new Ofcom proposals on British letter boxes ‘should go further’ 30th April 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment The Letter Box Study Group submitted a detailed response to the Ofcom consultation on UK post box provision on April 30, 2013…read more… Read More
British letter boxes 27th March 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Our Chairman took a film crew from the predominant Chinese state television broadcaster into a typical British city centre to talk about the how the British love their red letter boxes. “There’s a massive campaign quite often if there’s any suggestion of removing a letter box…” Watch the broadcast… Read More
The One Show – Scottish letter boxes 21st March 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment We provided the BBC’s flagship magazine programme (average daily viewers: 5 million) with a package of research, pictures, information and background material for a piece about the trials and tribulations of the first Queen Elizabeth II letter boxes in Scotland.… Read More
British Philatelic Bulletin 13th February 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment “The Letter Box Study Group has for many years recorded details of British and overseas letter boxes and publishes a very well produced Newsletter as well as other publications and postcards. The current winter newsletter reflects the vitality of this Group…” Click here for the full article.… Read More
150th Birthday of the Liverpool Special pillar box 29th January 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Our Chairman, Andrew R Young, gives a live interview to the Sean Styles Show on location at an historic and rare pillar box in the city of Liverpool. Listen to the broadcast (scroll to the 2 hr 10 min point).… Read More
Remembering the Liverpool Special postbox on its 150th birthday 28th January 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment “Robert Cole, from the Letter Box Study Group, says: “There is also one in The British Postal Museum Store in Debden, Essex. Altogether that makes three accounted for, but we have no idea where the other four have gone. They could be still in Liverpool, maybe even in someone’s garden. It’s such a shame, because… Read More
Why this Special One is just part of the furniture 23rd January 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment “Yet it is still something of a mystery. Now, to mark the anniversary – and in pursuit of its mission to map and measure Britain’s red breasted beauties – The Letter Box Study Group (for it is they) wants to gather stats and stories about the Liverpool Specials: the wheres, whens, whys and whos.” read more… Read More
Letter boxes: The red heart of the British streetscape 18th January 2013 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment “The Letter Box Study Group (LBSG), which maps sites across the UK, is not just concerned with this postal oddity today, but with the fate of all the boxes. In 2002, Royal Mail undertook to repaint each of its letter boxes every three years. But, according to Andrew Young, chairman of the LBSG, many are… Read More