![]() ![]() The replica Penfold box sits on St Martin le Grand, outside the old General Post Office headquarters.įans of Danger Mouse will be familiar with Penfold, although the letterbox on Baker Street they lived in was a later design. A cell phone for emergencies or to ‘phone a friend’ if you have a question about a clue, for instance. If you ask around, you’ll find plenty of other suggested items to take with you. In the 1930s there was an experiment with blue post boxes for air-mail, but like a London bus, generally, we’ve stuck with red. Check out our Simple Search for a variety of search options to find letterboxes near you, or an Advanced Search for more complex queries. The first boxes to be painted red were in London in June 1874, and it took a decade for most of the rest in the UK to be converted. The colour is the original that would have been used on postboxes, but it was later turned to red to - depending on which story you like - make them more visible to encourage use, or to make them more visible so people stopped walking into them. Thanks to their design and short production run (they finished in 1879), they are one of the more loved of the various postboxes that have been used over the past 150 odd years. The letter box with its distinctive design, even by postbox standards, is named after the architect who designed it, John Penfold, and the first ones were installed in 1866. ![]() It was a long time before ordinary folk were allowed to use the postal service, and even longer before it became affordable. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. The postbox was put here in September 2016 to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the post office, when King Henry VIII established a “master of the posts” for his royal mail. ACT NSW NT SA TAS VIC WA Parcel Locker state index. Well, actually, it’s a replica, but a good one and unveiled by the Prince of Wales a couple of years ago - and it’s in use as a normal letter box. Post Office Locator - Australia Post Post Office state index. ![]() A main road in the City of London recently gained a very rare thing indeed – an early green painted Penfold letter box. ![]()
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