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This article has been tagged since January 2007. A letter box, letterbox or mailbox is a private box or slot for receiving incoming mail. A British pillar box. ...
 A suburban stone letterbox. Two primary designs of letter boxes exist: Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 715 KB) Summary A picture, of a Letterbox; my Letterbox in fact. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1632x1232, 715 KB) Summary A picture, of a Letterbox; my Letterbox in fact. ...
- a slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered
- a box mounted near the street
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 A slot letterbox, located in the middle of the door. Almost all buildings in the United Kingdom feature letter boxes. They are commonly horizontal slots approximately 12 inches by 2, found in the middle or lower half of a front door. Most are covered by a flap on the outside to offer a degree of weatherproofing. The flap may by sprung to prevent it opening and closing noisily in the wind. Many letter boxes also have a second flap on the inside to offer further protection from the elements. There may also be a small wire cage mounted on the inside of the door to catch the delivered mail. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1301 KB) Photographer: Richard Smith from Bowen Island, Canada Title: Black door Description: Doors of London and Oxford Taken on: 2004-11-28 02:17:32 Original source: Flickr. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1301 KB) Photographer: Richard Smith from Bowen Island, Canada Title: Black door Description: Doors of London and Oxford Taken on: 2004-11-28 02:17:32 Original source: Flickr. ...
An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ...
The British Post Office first encouraged people to install letter boxes to facilitate the delivery of mail in 1849. Before then, letter boxes of a similar design had been installed in the doors and walls of post offices for people to drop-off outgoing mail. An example of such a wall box (originally installed in the wall of the Wakefield Post Office) is dated 1809 and believed to be the oldest example in Britain. Royal Mails logo Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. ...
1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Wall boxes are a type of post box or letter box found in the UK and commonwealth countries. ...
Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
A number of designs of letter boxes have been patented, particularly in the USA.
History The first mailbox look alike appeared in 1780's in Russia, to count Ivan Shuvalov. Because many people asked him questions and came to him to solve problems, he made a green box with a slot and put it outside his main door so people could write their questions and problems and put them in the box. The box was afterwards seen by the future Imperator of Russia Pavel Petrovich and he put a "Tsar box" wall box outside his Winter mansion with a "For visitors needs" banner on it. The box however, was taken off in year or so, because most messages were not suitable for the ruler. First public mailboxes in Russia appeared in 13'th December 1848, they were made of wood and iron. But because these boxes were lightweight and easy to steal, they disappeared frequently. Because of that, future mailboxes were made of cast iron and weight 40 kilo's. Wall boxes are a type of post box or letter box found in the UK and commonwealth countries. ...
Box
 A mailbox in the United States with a red "flag" to indicate outgoing mail To reduce the need for the mail carrier to walk extra distances when the front door is some distance from the street, letter boxes may be mounted on convenient posts at the property boundary. These boxes might have a slot to put the mail in, and a larger lockable door to take the mail out again. This design is popular where the distance between houses is larger, in countries like the United States and Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3008x2000, 2765 KB) Author: Myself (User:Steevven1) Originally hosted on http://www. ...
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On a property with several units or businesses, a letterbox with multiple compartments is often used. The mail carrier will have a key to a large door on one side that reaches all the compartments, and the tenants will each have a key to the door into their individual compartment on the other side.
In the U.S. some letter boxes are fitted with a semaphore arm that is raised to indicate to the mail carrier that there is outgoing mail in the letter box.
Junk Mail In some countries, such as Germany and Austria, boxes where junk mail is unwanted are typically marked with a suitable sign. Not all countries follow that practice.
See also An unusual Australian letterbox This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x906, 325 KB)A unusual letterbox File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
| A mailbox in southern Nebraska, featuring a red semaphore arm Image File history File links Mailbox. ...
| An automated postbox opener of an intelligent home in Falun, Sweden Image File history File links 20060724_intelligent_house_03. ...
A British pillar box The postal system is a system by which written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter, are delivered to destinations around the world. ...
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| A typical suburban/exurban mailbox in Western North Carolina Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2304 × 3072 pixel, file size: 3. ...
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