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In the pre-post box era, there were two main ways of delivering correspondence; senders would be necessitated to take their mail to your Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post through the community. In order to distinguish himself, and make his presence known, the Bellman has on a uniform and ring a bell.

It what food was in 1852 that this suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, with a trial proposed for the Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were attached to Jersey to understand the modern system.

Extra resources with the experiment triggered an additional four being placed on Guernsey, info now forms part in the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing on the mainland since 1853.

However, there was clearly to date no universal pillar box design that we're currently familiar. Design and manufacture was with the discretion of local authorities, and it was in 1859 that attempts were built to standardise the structures.

Horizontal slits took over as favoured option over vertical ones, and took over as the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the main included the addition of the protruding cap to shield the contents through the elements.

As of 1859, the therapy lamp would have been to be for sale in 2 sizes; a more substantial and wider size for highly populated areas, along with a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes would not receive universal acclaim. It was up against the backdrop of such criticism how the Liverpool Special was formulated.

This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to produce another standard letter box in 1866. Again, it was not only a huge success and so, a further design arrived 1879. This final design could be the one that we are acquainted with today. It was a couple of years ahead of this that the iconic red colour with the post boxes became a standard feature.

Before this time, the most well-liked colour option was green as a way to blend in with the green British pastures. However, after having a barrage of complaints that this structures were to hard to locate because of the camouflage, it was agreed that bright red was your best option. The programme of re-painting lasted for about ten years.

For the populace at large, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the ability for sending and receiving mail easily. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, everyone was afforded access to some delivery service never before witnessed in Great Britain.