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  2. Pillar box - Wikipedia

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    Until 2015, all new pillar boxes for use in the UK were Type A traditional pillars or Type C oval pillars from the foundry of Machan Engineering, Denny, Falkirk, Scotland. The foundry, which was dissolved in 2016, was the sole supplier of cast-iron pillar boxes to the Royal Mail since the 1980s and had seen orders dwindle to a single box a year.

  3. Portal:Philately/Selected article archive/1 - Wikipedia

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    A pillar box is a free-standing post box where mail is deposited to be collected by the Royal Mail and forwarded to the addressee. Pillar boxes have been used since 1852, just 12 years after the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps and uniform penny post. According to the Letter Box Study Group, there are more than 150 recognised ...

  4. Post box - Wikipedia

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    Postbox of the Russian Post in Moscow. A post box (British English; also written postbox; also known as pillar box), also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box (American English), is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service.

  5. British hardened field defences of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Cantilevered pillbox was designed and constructed by F C Construction for airfield defence. The cantilevered design allowed a 360° embrasure for all-round defence against air-landed troops at the expense of some protection. The central cross-shaped pillar acts as an anti-ricochet wall. Weapons were mounted on a tubular rail for 360° traverse.

  6. Ludlow style wall box - Wikipedia

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    Similar designs exist as historical artefacts in certain Commonwealth countries. Ludlow style boxes have been in use since 1885 and were in continuous manufacture until 1965. [1] According to the Letter Box Study Group (LBSG), there are more than 450 locations in the UK and Republic of Ireland where Ludlow post boxes are in use, stored or ...

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  8. File:VR pillar box in Kilkenny, Ireland, painted green.gif

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    This pillar box was made between 1887 and 1901, as it bears the Royal cypher "VR" for Queen Victoria, whose cypher was reintroduced on postboxes in 1887 and continued until her death in 1901. When Ireland gained independence from Britain in 1922 it repainted the post boxes from red to green.

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