DECEMBER 2025 – ROYAL MAIL POST BOX LIFTS SPIRITS FOR STAFF IN ANTARCTICA The staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica have been gifted a Royal Mail lamp box featuring the King Charles III cypher – just in time for Christmas. The new post box was requested by Kirsten Shaw, a station support assistant who runs a British Antarctic Territory Post Office for staff at Rothera… Read More
JUNE 2025 – KNITTED POSTBOX TOPPERS TAKE OVER LBSG MEMBER’S MUSEUM Letter Box Study Group member Arthur Reeder owns the largest collection of postboxes in the UK – some 260 of them, in all sorts of shapes and sizes from earliest Victorian boxes to the present day. What better a location for a group of knitters to yarn bomb to raise money for an Alzheimer’s… Read More
APRIL 2025 – ROYAL MAIL UNVEILS POSTBOX OF THE FUTURE TO MAKE SENDING PARCELS EASIER 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
MARCH 2025 – HAVE YOU SEEN A CHARLES III LETTER BOX YET? 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 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
APRIL 2024 – “BEGINNER’S LETTER BOXES” BOOKLET 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? 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
DECEMBER 2023 – SINGING CHRISTMAS POSTBOXES SERENADE THE PUBLIC 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 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 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