APRIL 2026 – BELFAST’S NEW SOLAR-POWERED CHARLES III PARCEL POSTBOX Royal Mail launched today the first of a completely new design of solar-powered parcel postbox. Sited outside Ulster University’s Birley Building in Belfast ‘s York Street, it is the first parcel postbox in Northern Ireland to bear the cipher of King Charles III and has a special plaque attached to record the event. Students from… Read More
SEPTEMBER 2022 – WHAT DOES THE NEW KING MEAN FOR POST BOXES? All UK kings and queens since the postbox was introduced in 1852 have had their royal cipher displayed on postboxes installed during their reign. But getting a postbox ready for a new monarch is not always straightforward! Edward VIII boxes were still being installed in early 1937, and then his father George V’s cipher had… Read More