postbox
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Royal Mail said residents can use another nearby postbox or hand stamped letters to their postman or woman.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
"Our message is clear, if you have a Royal Mail label on your parcel, and it fits, put it in a postbox and we'll do the rest," Mr Clarkson said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Royal Mail has also trialled a new postbox that can take small parcels.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
They can be delivered to a special postbox next to his bench between 10:00 and 14:00 BST on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
We make a huge Valentine’s Day postbox out of a cardboard box covered with pink crepe paper and red hearts with paper doily edging.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Downey added that he preferred the older postboxes as he could just drop a letter in and go.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Last week, Royal Mail said it would roll out 3,500 solar-powered postboxes across the UK to enable customers to deposit small parcels.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
In the new design, solar panels on the top of the postboxes power a digitally-activated drawer, allowing customers to deposit small parcels.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Royal Mail chief executive, Emma Gilthorpe, said the move was an "historic change" that would give "our iconic postboxes a new lease of life".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
Across the country that day, the ballots for year-end honors in Thoroughbred racing began arriving in journalists’ postboxes.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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