postbox
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Two designs were trialled in the pilot, including one where the entire round lid of the postbox was black.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
It also features a barcode scanner, which opens a drop-down drawer that is big enough to accommodate parcels that do not fit in the traditional postbox slot.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
"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
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
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
However, Peacock added that generally "people who use postboxes are writing letters and using stamps".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
More are on the way, hence the black plastic while postboxes are upgraded.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Downey added that he preferred the older postboxes as he could just drop a letter in and go.
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
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
