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According to the Letter Box Study Group, there are more than 150 recognised designs and varieties of pillar boxes and wall boxes, not all of which have known surviving examples. Like the red telephone box, the red post box is regarded as a British cultural icon.
Postbox of the Russian Post in Moscow. A post box (British English; also written postbox; also known as pillar box), also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box (American English), is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service.
While the box is 1/2 inch wider the aperture remains the same at 4¾ inches by 1 inch. Subtle differences in the makers name, cipher and door length distinguish between the different types. LB211 GvR 1935 Pattern -In response to criticism of the narrow aperture of the original Lamp box a larger model was cast with the aperture enlarged to 5½ ...
An interesting version of the EIIR wall box in use as a pillar at Cowley Bridge, Exeter. It is a Carron Co. box with full-width 10" aperture It is a Carron Co. box with full-width 10" aperture Coming to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has had the longest reign of any British monarch since the invention of the post box.
A post box topper is a crochet or knitted hat or bonnet for a pillar box designed as a tribute, commemoration, or for public enjoyment. In the United Kingdom they have been used to pay tribute to NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic , for Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and in September 2022 as a tribute upon her death .
The type of box painted encompasses the wide variety of types in use. The ubiquitous cylindrical pillar box was represented by both the traditional Type A (narrow) and Type B (wide) versions, plus the newer Type K pillar boxes (both singular and in pairs). The modern square shaped pillar box, the Type G, was also painted (singles and pairs).
Roman red gloss terra sigillata bowl with relief decoration Terra sigillata beaker with barbotine decoration. Terra sigillata is a term with at least three distinct meanings: as a description of medieval medicinal earth; in archaeology, as a general term for some of the fine red ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips made in specific areas of the Roman Empire; and more recently, as a ...
Pillarboxed image, picture taken at 4:3 aspect ratio and displayed on a 16:9 monitor. The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image.