Post box (English Wikipedia)

"BBC Slaithwaite gets the stamp of approval!". BBC. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
Barford, Vanessa (2 March 2012). "Are there places more British than the UK?". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
"Somerset postal workers given gloves to protect against needles". BBC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013. Protective gloves are issued to postal workers emptying a Somerset postbox used by drug addicts to dump needles.
"Jessica Ennis gold postbox in Sheffield vandalised". BBC. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012. A postbox that was painted gold in Jessica Ennis's home city of Sheffield, to celebrate her Olympic triumph, has been vandalised.
"Laura Trott golden postbox painted in Harlow by mistake". BBC. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012. The Royal Mail has promised to paint a postbox in Olympic cycle champion Laura Trott's home town gold, after first painting one in the wrong place.
"Black History Month: Postboxes painted to honour black Britons". BBC News. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

news.bbc.co.uk

"Putting history on an envelope". BBC NewsSouth West Wales. London. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2012. The earliest known surviving posting slot was placed in the wall of Wakefield Post Office in Yorkshire in 1809
"Campaign to preserve red post boxes". BBC UK News. BBC. 3 October 2002. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
"Used needles found in post boxes". BBC. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013. Postal workers in Derby are being warned to take care after a rise in the number of used syringes being found in post boxes.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Quinn, Louise (4 February 2009). "Green postbox row MLA told to say sorry". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
"Anger over green postboxes". The Belfast Telegraph. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

blackcountrybugle.co.uk

"A Victorian post box in Brecon – made in the Black Country". Black Country Bugle. 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

cbsaustin.com

Winter, David (5 May 2023). "US Postal Service's new blue boxes are designed to thwart crime, not for ease of use". WKRC-TV. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

civilisations.ca

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, History in a Box: Red Forever!, Civilisation.ca. http://www.civilisations.ca/cpm/histbox/canad_e.htm
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, Colour, A Postal Symbol, Civilisation.ca. http://www.civilisations.ca/cpm/histbox/couleu_e.htm

derryjournal.com

"Seeing red on green postboxes". Derry Journal. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

edinburghlive.co.uk

Dalgetty, Lee (6 June 2022). "The Edinburgh post box war that saw a bomb go off in a housing estate". History. edinburghlive.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

guardian.co.uk

blogs.guardian.co.uk

Glancey, Jonathan (16 January 2007). "Classics of everyday design No 6". theblog, The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2008.

hongkongfp.com

"Hongkong Post to cover royal cyphers on 59 historic post-boxes to 'avoid confusion' – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

norbyhus.dk

Lawrence, Ken. "Before the Penny Black". Ken Lawrence. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

ny1.com

Gonzalez, Angi (29 January 2019). "USPS Replacing All NYC Mailboxes for New 'Anti-Fishing Model'". NY1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

pin-group.net

"PIN MAIL AG". pin-group.net. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

postwatch.co.uk

"Changes to post box collections: Collection Tabs". Postwatch.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

royalmail.com

"Priority postboxes - Delivering coronavirus tests to NHS staff". Royal Mail. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

royalmailgroup.com

"Royal Mail goes Gold this summer". Royal Mail. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

scotsman.com

Mclean, David (3 September 2014). "Lost Edinburgh: the Queen and the exploding post box". Arts and Culture. The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

si.edu

arago.si.edu

Marsh, Allison (20 March 2006). "Postal Collection Mailboxes". National Postal Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
Marsh, Allison; Pope, Nancy (28 April 2006). "Orr & Painter mailbox". Postal Collection Mailboxes. National Postal Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
Marsh, Allison (29 April 2006). "Street collection box damaged September 11, 2001". Postal Collection Mailboxes. National Postal Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2008.

theguardian.com

Rawlinson, Kevin (1 October 2020). "Activists criticise 'tokenistic' efforts after rebrand of Royal Mail postboxes". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

uspostalbulletins.com

http://www.uspostalbulletins.com/PDF/Vol76_Issue19867_19550809.pdf U.S. Post Office Bulletin 19867, 9 August 1955

uspto.gov

ttabvue.uspto.gov

United States Postal Service v. Lost Key Rewards, Inc., U.S. Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Opposition No. 91185802 (15 November 2010). Retrieved 23 January 2012

patft.uspto.gov

William, Earle (29 April 1975). "Secured mailbox". USPTO Database. USPTO. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2008.

web.archive.org

"Royal Mail goes Gold this summer". Royal Mail. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
William, Earle (29 April 1975). "Secured mailbox". USPTO Database. USPTO. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
"Changes to post box collections: Collection Tabs". Postwatch.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
"Seeing red on green postboxes". Derry Journal. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

wicks.org

Wicks, Paul (2002). "History of British Letter Boxes – Part 1: Victorian Letter Boxes". Paul Wicks. Retrieved 15 August 2008.