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How many letters does it take to fill a postbox?

Earlier this month Andrew Young from the Letter Box Study Group popped into Radio 2 to answer this important question. Listen to his interview.    … Read More

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Today we helped out a Daily Mail reader with a bur Today we helped out a Daily Mail reader with a burning question about Victorian postboxes. If you have a burning postbox question, you don't need to go to the mail! Send us a message here and we'll do our best to get you an answer. #letterboxstudygroup #streetfurniture #dailymail #postboxes
⏳📮FIXED AND CHANGING (LBSG Archives) Our 1993 arc ⏳📮FIXED AND CHANGING (LBSG Archives) Our 1993 archive photo reveals a number of features Royal Mail introduced to post boxes in the past ✉️Stamp Vending Machine - no issues if you forgot a stamp 🗓Gold top - shows this box has Sunday collections ➡Post Office Direction Sign - where to go to send bulkier parcels This pre-1905 Edward VII pillar box on Blackstock Road in London has lost all these features today, the Post Office has gone, and all the shops have changed. Only the pillar box remains, a fixed feature in an ever-changing world. #postboxsaturday #letterboxstudygroup #history #londonhistory #london
🇮🇪 📮 Irish wall boxes (LBSG archive images) 📷🕰️ S 🇮🇪 📮 Irish wall boxes (LBSG archive images) 📷🕰️ SHARED HERITAGE - Ireland and the UK had the same postboxes until Irish independence CYPHERS - While some had the British royal cyphers removed, others remained; not all local sentiment was anti-British BOTH NATIONS - this Edward VII wall box also carries the Irish Free State emblem on the door! #postboxsaturday #ireland #history #streetfurniture #archive #letterboxstudygroup
👑📮⏳30 YEARS AGO EDWARD VIII - reigned less than a 👑📮⏳30 YEARS AGO EDWARD VIII - reigned less than a year; fewer postboxes were made in his name ORIGINAL LOCATION - Installed in Liverpool in 1936 and still going strong REPAIRED - the fix to the collection plate holder has been there nearly half the box's lifetime! Have you seen this postbox? Have you seen any other Edward VIII pillar boxes? #postboxsaturday #letterboxstudygroup #postbox #liverpool #history #edwardviii
💌📮Look what we've got! A special letter in the po 💌📮Look what we've got! A special letter in the post to celebrate our 50th anniversary! And what a beautiful envelope too!
📮🕰 50 years of postbox photography 📮🕰 Over the LB 📮🕰 50 years of postbox photography 📮🕰 Over the LBSG's five decades our archives have gathered a treasure trove of postbox history - hundreds of thousands of snapshots capturing places that in many cases no longer exist today. This lovely size E George VI wall box once stood outside Bratton Fleming Post Office, tucked safely into its decorative brick pillar with Post Office Direction Sign perched on top. For years, both the box and the Post Office were at the heart of village life. Just a year after this photo was taken, the Post Office closed — and today, both box and building have completely disappeared. A small but meaningful piece of postal history now preserved only in the archive. #postbox #letterboxstudygroup #postboxsaturday #history #preserved #brattonfleming

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