The letter box: a history of Post Office pillar and wall boxes |
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Contents
Origins of the letter box | 3 |
BELLMEN AND ROADSIDE LETTER BOXES | 21 |
Airmail letter boxes | 98 |
Copyright | |
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adoption Andrew Handyside Anthony Trollope Avenue Beaufort Belgium boxes erected Carron Company cast-iron chapter circa colour delivery boxes depicted in plate District District of England door double-aperture early enamelled fixed Foundry free delivery H.M. Postmaster H.M. Postmaster-General hours of collection Ibid installed iron lamp boxes later Letter Carriers letters posted London machines Manchester minuted papers moulding box notice plates number of letters painted Penfold Penny Post Peter Port pillar boxes placed Post 30/England Post 35/vol postage stamps Postal Museum postal services posting aperture posting boxes postman Postmaster-General railway stations receiving houses replaced Road roadside letter boxes roadside posting boxes Rowland Hill Royal Cipher rural scheme Scotland Scottish sender sent similar boxes Smith and Hawkes Standard pillar boxes street letter boxes suggested supply Surveyor survivors towns Travelling Post Offices Trollope type of box village W. T. Allen wall boxes wall letter boxes