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postbox

[pohst-boks] / ˈpoʊstˌbɒks /


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BBC NI went to Newtownabbey, County Antrim, where there is a newly upgraded postbox.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

Two designs were trialled in the pilot, including one where the entire round lid of the postbox was black.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

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

They can be delivered to a special postbox next to his bench until 14:00 on Wednesday.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2025

Paper and ink, poems and my postbox are medicines that heal the wounds of a fife without freedom.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Downey added that he preferred the older postboxes as he could just drop a letter in and go.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

The taped up postboxes are part of Royal Mail's roll out of 3,500 new postboxes across the UK.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

However, Peacock added that generally "people who use postboxes are writing letters and using stamps".

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

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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