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Clearance

An earlier editor has asked for citations regarding the latter part of the statement:

"Post boxes are cleared (emptied) at times usually listed on the side of the box. In metropolitan areas, this might be once or twice a day, while in country areas this might be once or twice a week."

It seems to me that that statement should also be clarified as to whether it is discussing the practice in a particular country, as this may well vary from country to country. Certainly, I have personally seen boxes in remote areas that are emptied less frequently than daily, but I can't remember where or in which country! TrevorD 16:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History of post boxes?

Have long have post boxes been in use? When was the first one set up? (Assume it was after the invention of postage stamps.)

INITIAL LINKS: http://www.glencall.co.uk/1gi/history-of-the-post-box.html http://www.ilsingtonparish.co.uk/postboxes.htm

From User:Solipsist - http://www.thisislimitededition.co.uk/item.asp?category=Country&ID=316

Mfgreen 02:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1852 in the Channel islands is correct. Check out The Letter Box by Jean Ferrugia. ww2censor 05:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Those very attractive Wigan postboxes

A 45-year old man, from Worsley, Greater Manchester, who received a 12-month community order and was ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register, after after trying to have sex with a post box, has been found dead behind a Chinese restaurant: [1] Martinevans123 (talk) 08:50, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Newspaper and Letter Box

Could someone help me understand WHY old red mail posting boxes had the text "Newspaper and Letter Box" as their label in the cast iron ? "Newspaper" seems to absent from the Article on Post box AND ALSO on Pillar box. I have seen them in Tasmania (at Launceston Park) and in New South Wales (at Windsor), Australia. Those both date from the Victorian era.49.180.136.135 (talk) 00:16, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have never seen such a box in Europe or the US, so that must be an Australian thing, such as the left box in this image. You will see that all the other boxes have small apertures while the Newspaper's box has a large aperture to accept something larger than an envelope,like a newspaper. That's something you will have to research elsewhere for now but if you find some source please let us know. ww2censor (talk) 10:45, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]