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The Good Old British Post Box! 1955 to 2012

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Post Office

The Post Office, a subsidiary of Royal Mail Group...

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Golden Post Boxes - A tribute to GB's Gold Medalists

The Royal Mail is painting post boxes to honour...

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Letter Box

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Post Box

Middleton rd jct with Crumpsall lane post...

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Mike Allen and Jeremy Salmon by the newly daubed post box in 1978

Mike Allen and Jeremy Salmon by the newly daubed...

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Lands End, the most southerly post box in England

This is not only the most westerly but perhaps...

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British Postal Service - Pillar Box Painting - Bournemouth

Patricia Hoare, 19, adds a fresh coat of red paint...

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British Postal Service - Hexagonal Post Box - Shrewsbury

Secretary Angela Moreton posts a letter in an...

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British Postal Service - World Stamp Exhibition - London

A General Post Office pillar box is loaded aboard...

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British Postal Service - New Pillar Box - London

Postman Douglas Dibb tries out the new type of...

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British Postal Service - Seacroft Post Office - Leeds

Two-year-old Jacqueline Dixon attempts to post a...

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British Postal Service - Letter Posting - London

One occupant of the Chinese Legation in Portland...

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British Postal Service - York Way Post Office - London

York Way Post Office, London, Greater London

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British Postal Service - New Uniform - London

The smartly-cut single-breasted worsted/terylene...

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British Postal Service - Newton Abbot Mail Box - Devon

For more than 40 years this box has supplied not...

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British Postal Service - Postal Strike Ends - London

Mr Ian Reekie posts a letter at New Bridge Street...

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British Postal Service - Summer Uniforms - Swindon

New lightweight postal uniforms are worm by Liz...

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Youth Groups - Boy Scouts - Leaping Scout - West Yorkshire

Life long scout, 79 year-old George Corner, jumps...

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British Postal Service - Royal Mail - London

The new style post box in London. Smaller than its...

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British Postal Service - Royal Mail Postbus Network - London

Stars of BBC comedy 'Last of the Summer Wine',...

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British Postal Service - Royal Mail - London

Foreign Nationals (l-r) Samantha Sprackling,...

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British Postal Service - New Royal Mail Shorts - London

Postwoman Tracy Brazier, 18, models the latest...

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British Postal Service - Tallest and Smallest Posties

The UK's tallest and smallest posties. Chris Till...

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British Postal Service - Royal Mail Next Day Delivery Service Launch - London

British Heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno posts a...

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Anthea Turner/Royal Mail

As the Post Office heads towards the biggest...

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Died on this day - Catherine Howard

13/02/1542: Died on this day in 1542, Catherine...

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AWARDS Post/Dekker

John Dekker from Suffolk who was today named as...

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