postbox
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BBC NI went to Newtownabbey, County Antrim, where there is a newly upgraded postbox.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
June Sheridan didn't realise the postbox was there and ended up taking her small parcel into the shop.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
A new postbox that can take small parcels is being trialled by Royal Mail.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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
On some days, I wish I could stay inside my postbox, with a tiny pillow made from a stamp with a flower on it.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
However, Peacock added that generally "people who use postboxes are writing letters and using stamps".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Royal Mail is introducing 3,500 solar-powered postboxes across the UK, altering the iconic look of the red pillar boxes that have punctuated Britain's streets for nearly two centuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Customers use the new postboxes by scanning a bar code on the parcel and dropping it into a drawer - all powered by small solar panels on the top of the box.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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
