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postbox

[pohst-boks] / ˈpoʊstˌbɒks /


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Customers procure a barcode from an app, then at the postbox they scan the barcode and drop the parcel into a drawer - this is all powered by solar panels on the box.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2025

Royal Mail has also trialled a new postbox that can take small parcels.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2025

A new postbox that can take small parcels is being trialled by Royal Mail.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2025

Previous works by Impro include a phone, postbox and door affixed to the side of Sonning Bridge.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2025

Today, I wish I could tell my pen pals that I was going to Birzeit to open my postbox, to meet their words.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

More are on the way, hence the black plastic while postboxes are upgraded.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

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

The new postboxes are being rolled out over the next few months with Royal Mail hoping it will help shore up its share of the market.

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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