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The Development of the Letterbox
In the pre-post box era, there was two main means of delivering a letter; senders will be necessitated to take their mail to a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post from your community. In order to distinguish himself, also to make his presence known, the Bellman dons a uniform and ring a bell.
It was in 1852 how the suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, with a trial proposed to the Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were installed on Jersey to test out the modern system.
The success in the experiment generated a different four being installed on Guernsey, one of these now forms part in the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing around the mainland as of 1853.
However, there was clearly up to now no universal pillar box design with which were currently familiar. Design and manufacture was at the discretion of local authorities, also it was in 1859 that attempts were designed to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits became the favoured option over vertical ones, and took over as the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the first included the addition of the protruding cap to shield the contents from the elements.
As of 1859, this area was to be accessible in two sizes; a bigger and wider size for highly populated areas, plus a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes did not receive universal acclaim. It was from the backdrop of such criticism that the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to make another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this is not only a huge success and so, an extra design came in 1879. This final design could be the one with which we are acquainted with today. Check This Out was 2 years ahead of this that the iconic red colour from the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before on this occasion, the most preferred colour option was green so that you can blend in with the green British pastures. However, after having a barrage of complaints that the structures were to hard to locate this can camouflage, it was agreed that bright red was the best choice. The programme of re-painting lasted for ten years.
For people most importantly, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the capacity for sending and receiving mail effortlessly. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, people were afforded access to a delivery service never before witnessed in Great Britain.
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