The Letter Box Study Group
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The UK's foremost authority on roadside letter boxes since 1976 📮🇬🇧
Anonymous boxes made it to Ireland as well! This example was produced after the aperture was lowered to reduce the number of letters getting stuck. It’s painted green, the standard colour for letter boxes in Ireland. Have you spotted a letter box in an unusual colour? #postboxsaturday
Fancy seeing some beautiful post boxes and other passionate people? Our Autumn Meeting is just one month away, in Warwickshire! New faces are always welcome. Join us at lbsg.org/join for details - we'd love to have you. #letterboxstudygroup
On a tropical island far away... This anonymous high aperture pillar box is on Bermuda in the Atlantic ocean. It still bears the maker's name Handyside / Derby & London. It travelled a long way to get there! #PostboxSaturday
Did you know there was a time they forgot to put cyphers on post boxes? The first round pillar boxes in the UK, cast in the late 1870s through to 1887, had no cypher. Have you ever seen one like this?
We round off our month-long celebration of Edward VIII's 90th anniversary year with this type B pillar from the North East. We hope you've enjoyed seeing a selection of these special boxes. What has been your favourite? And what would you like to see next? #PostboxSaturday
It's 90 years since Edward VIII's short reign. Only a handful of his postboxes survive, but that's more than we'd expect It's 50 years since the LBSG was founded. Why not join us at lbsg.org/join and help further the study and conservation of Britain postbox heritage?
Looks like this rare Edward VIII post box hasn’t quite found its sea legs! Have you seen any cool post boxes so far on your summer holidays? 📸used with permission. #postboxsaturday
A small number of wall boxes with Edward VIII's cypher were made, including this one. The door was replaced by a George V one in 1937 - two kings after George's reign. Can you spot what gives away that it's a replacement door?
Could YOUR local postbox be a rare type? It's not just the cypher like on this Edward VIII; so many things can make a postbox unique. Intrigued? Join us: lbsg.org/join #postboxsaturday
This #PostboxSaturday brings another Edward VIII: a Ludlow from East Anglia. Edward VIII's Ludlow boxes can be distinguished from his grandfather's as the aperture plate is larger; there is a gap under the cypher. Part of this post box is not original; do you know which part and its age?
The RAREST royal cypher!? This year marks ninety years since the eleven month reign of Edward VIII, whose cypher is the least common on our streets with only 140 left in use. It's our anniversary too; we were founded in 1976, the same year a late member took this amazing photo #postboxsaturday
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How many people have used this non-standard #postbox in the 100-odd years since it was installed? Interested in post boxes? Join the #letterboxstudygroup at lbsg.org/join or follow the link in our bio.
All square in Herefordshire this #PostboxSaturday. This type of post box, cast in the 1970s by the Carron foundry, is known as the Type G. Early Gs, including this one, had no maker's name on the rear base, so If you see one, check to see if it says 'CARRON Co. FALKIRK' - it's rare not to do so!
Not all post boxes in walls are wall boxes! Here is a lamp box in a wall in Oxfordshire - you can tell because of the rounded corners and the more squat shape. Also, it says 'Post Office' above the aperture, rather than on the hood. #letterboxstudygroup #postbox #history
Happy #postboxsaturday to all who celebrate. This Penfold post box from London is around 150 years old. There are replicas in use made in the last 40 years; the easiest way to tell is to look at the maker's name on the base - Cochrane for an original vs Machan for a replica.
How Postbox Toppers Brought Britain Together - a documentary about the love of crocheting and postboxes bringing joy and togetherness to Britons from diverse communities in challenging times, featuring our very own Arthur Reeder and his Isle of Wight Postal Museum.
How Postbox Toppers Brought Britain Together
In the midst of global insecurity, film director Xaymaca Awoyungbo’s new documentary, The Great British Yarn, provides hope for the future of our communities through an unlikely source: postbox…
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Did you know that Guernsey is issuing postbox-themed stamps? And they're dedicated to us??? It's a celebration of our 50th birthday! If you're a boxy philatelist, this might be for you! www.guernseystamps.com/new-issues/g...
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Another new postbox has entered the books! It was unveiled today by local dignitaries and school children outside Ulster University Birley Building in Belfast The box incorporates both parcel and letter posting facilities, with an integrated solar panel on top #postbox #belfast #breakingnews
Yesterday Arthur Reeder appeared on Ireland's Newstalk radio to talk about his incredible collection of postboxes! www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Man hosts biggest collection of post boxes in the UK | Newstalk
Fionnuala’s guest has been collecting historic post boxes for over 30 years… Despite his coll...
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One of our longstanding and dedicated members, Arthur Reeder, shows off his incredible collection and some of his #postbox stories in the Guardian today! Experience: I’ve spent decades collecting over 260 postboxes www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Experience: I’ve spent decades collecting over 260 postboxes
It started with an obscure railway postbox that had been thrown in a skip – now my museum has pieces from Scotland, Ireland and Hong Kong
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📮🍺PUBS AND POSTBOXES Have you seen a postbox outside a pub recently? They're not uncommon in the countryside, as pubs are a traditional community location. Sadly this Victorian postbox is now gone, replaced by a modern "tin Lizzie", and the pub is closed. A sign of the times? #postboxsaturday
Now coming through members' letter boxes! Newsletter 200 aligned perfectly with our 50th anniversary year. Have you got your's yet? #postbox
📮🏆BRITAIN'S BEST POSTBOX IS... ❓❓ What's your favourite? PENFOLD - classic Victorian design HANDYSIDE - grandfather of modern pillar boxes TYPE G - the square postbox TYPE K - distinctive and modern Some photos from LBSG archives, others from LBSG members, used with permission. #postboxsaturday
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.
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