The Development of the Letterbox

In the pre-post box era, there was two main ways of delivering correspondence; senders would be necessitated to create their mail with a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman.  this content  would patrol the streets, collecting post through the community. In order to distinguish himself, and make his presence known, the Bellman dons a uniform and sounds familiar.
It what food was in 1852 that this suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, with a trial proposed to the Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were placed on Jersey to test out the brand new system.
The success with the experiment generated yet another four being installed on Guernsey, one of which now forms part from the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing about the mainland at the time of 1853.
However, there is up to now no universal pillar box design in which we are currently familiar. Design and manufacture was with the discretion of local authorities, plus it is at 1859 that attempts were created to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits became the favoured option over vertical ones, and became the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the main included the addition in the protruding cap to shield the contents from your elements.
As of 1859, the therapy lamp ended up being be accessible by 50 percent sizes; a greater and wider size for highly populated areas, and a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes failed to receive universal acclaim. It was contrary to the backdrop of such criticism that the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to generate another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this became not a huge success and thus, a further design came in 1879. This final design may be the one that we have been familiar with today. It was 24 months before this that the iconic red colour with the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before now, the preferred colour option was green so that you can blend in using the green British pastures. However, following a barrage of complaints how the structures were to difficult to locate due to their camouflage, it was agreed that bright red was the best option. The programme of re-painting lasted for about a decade.
For the population at large, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the ability for sending and receiving mail easily. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, people were afforded access with a delivery service no time before witnessed in Great Britain.