* London's first pillar box was installed 160 years ago today on the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street. It was made at the Regent's Canal Ironworks in Hoxton, it looked a bit like a ...

The Barming Air Mail pillar box - hidden beneath a coat of red paint In 1930, special air mail-only pillar boxes were introduced and painted bright blue to distinguish them from ordinary post boxes.

The first pillar boxes were planted on the Channel Isles in the 1850s, and the idea is said to have come from the fertile mind of Anthony Trollope, postal surveyor and novelist.

London: The first red mail pillar box to bear the cypher of King Charles was unveiled on Friday, keeping up a tradition dating back almost 175 years. The new box has been installed on the High ...

The first red mail pillar box to bear the cypher of King Charles was unveiled on Friday, keeping up a tradition dating back almost 175 years.

The red pillar box is to be recognised as a national treasure with an English Heritage and Royal Mail initiative to preserve it. The campaign, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of the first ...