SEEING DOUBLE

Seeing Double - after the celebrations of yesterday !

Here is a modern Royal Mail branded EiiR Type C double aperture cylindrical pillar box. Bit of a mouthful ! I love the mystery - Where does each slot lead to ??? Who lives inside the box ???

This one has the destination pegs in place near the postal slots, but no name plates. Separate locks of course ! Other double box versions seem to segregate local and distant mail.

A pillar box is a free-standing post box. Boxes have been in use since 1852, just twelve years after the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps and uniform penny post.

Royal Mail estimates there are over 100,000 post boxes in the UK, with more than 150 designs and varieties of pillar boxes and wall boxes. All new pillar boxes for use in the UK are Type A traditional pillars or Type C oval pillars from the foundry of Machan Engineering, Denny, Falkirk, Scotland.