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A post box topper is a crochet or knitted hat or bonnet for a pillar box designed as a tribute, commemoration, or for public enjoyment. In the United Kingdom they have been used to pay tribute to NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic , for Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and in September 2022 as a tribute upon her death .
Carrie Page and Christine Hopper created a postbox topper of the Sycamore Gap tree to brighten up their high street in Hexham.
Around 100 members of the Secret Society of Hertford Crafters spent months knitting, crocheting and crafting 37 postbox toppers.
The quality of postal services in the 17th and 18th centuries improved with development of better roads and means of transport. [1]Anthony Trollope is credited with major contributions to the development of postal services in the years 1851-1867, described, e.g. in Chapters 8 and 13 of his autobiography.
English: A knitted postbox topper, commemorating the coronation of King Charles III, along Court Road in Goddington, London Borough of Bromley. Date 20 April 2023, 09:49:28
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The gold post box in Arleston, Telford, that commemorates the gold medal won by paralympian Mickey Bushell.. To commemorate British gold medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, various post boxes in the home towns of the medal winners around the United Kingdom, plus one each on Sark and the Isle of Man, were repainted gold.
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