Thanks to Dave Masterman Elis James & John Robins for reading out my handwritten letter on their podcast yesterday. You got my name right but it is the fabulous Dinah who runs Handwritten Letter. Here's your letter amongst others getting posted in the Charles III box. #PostboxSaturday

#postbox basics - how do you tell the difference between Type A (large) and Type B (small) pillar boxes? Give them a hug! Member Ian's kindly provided some demonstration images - please adjust for your own armspan! 📮🫂

Here's a cutting from an old RM publication dating to the launch of the 'Bantam' #postbox

Here's a beautiful sight! A Type A Elizabeth II pillar box made by Carron with a gorgeous flower basket on top, alongside a converted K6 phone box (now an art gallery) #postboxsaturday

Saw this today in Hull. What a beautiful topper and nicely painted type C The Letter Box Study Group Handwritten Letter

An intricate Scottish box topper on this 1879-1883 high aperture "anonymous" Type B pillar box outside Edinburgh City Chambers on the Royal Mile

Tim Handwritten Letter I think this is the same one that featured in Post Office magazine in 1937. I wondered if it still survived. #Cumbria #PostboxSaturday

In 1881 new designs of wall boxes were introduced. The design lasted several decades, so it's quite likely you've seen some like this from the reigns of Victoria, Edward VII or George V. Pictured are the three different sizes: A (large), B (medium) and C (small) #postboxsaturday

Sri Lankan "Penfold" attempt, very nice find!

There have been further reports about illegal postbox painting in the South East of England this month, including this one from BBC South East Today at around 10:20 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… (needs UK residency and TV license)

The lamp box was the last style of postbox to be produced. Designed after the US Post Office lamp boxes of 1875, the 'semi-circular top' (or 'Hovis') box would last into the reign of George V. This one is in the town of Frome, here pictured on a postcard #PostboxSaturday

The Witney Collection ~ The Old Post Office 📮 #PostboxSaturday #Oxfordshire

stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/24544517.… < one of our longest-standing members, Alan Instone, still going strong and inspiring younger generations. (Note that 3,600 refers to the total number of members, not the current membership count) #postbox Stourbridge News

Members - we are aware of a fault with the mailing list. Andrew W is looking into it 📮💻📧💥

This week, our latest newsletter was received by members across the UK and will hopefully soon be with our overseas members. At a whopping 80 pages and featuring the new Charles III postbox on the cover, it isn't to be missed! #postbox

In 1901 Edward VII became the UK's King - his first postboxes had a different version of the cipher than those from 1902. The 'open cipher' is a skinnier design than on later Edward VIIs. It can be found across the UK and Ireland including on this box in Dublin #postboxsaturday

Handwritten Letter Keir Starmer Hugh Bonneville Royal Mail Piece of the Past Stamps I finally sent my Gift Aid form to The Letter Box Study Group for I feel that is a good use of that tax. I post a parcel and a card too. I must write another letter to a friend later. The walk to the postbox is great for the mind. I try to choose a different box each time.

Postboxes followed the British wherever they went, so it's no surprise to find an Edward VII box on top of Table Mountain in South Africa. This is a well-kept example of the 'closed' cipher variant (1902-1910) on a Handyside pillar box #postboxsaturday

1905 saw McDowall Steven take over postbox manufacture from Handyside. Their new design inset the aperture into the door and added the square next collection tablets. They ushered in a century of Scottish postbox manufacturing, which only ended in 2014 #postboxsaturday

The design of large wall boxes also updated in 1905 to match the changes on pillar boxes - the door now filled the entire front of the box, and the next collection tablet and wording were added. The full cipher was also added to large and medium wall boxes #postboxsaturday