The first letter boxes were hexagonal, but a wide variety of other designs quickly appeared. The first Royal Mail pillar boxes were erected in the Channel Islands in 1852 and extended to the mainland in 1853. The novelist Anthony Trollope, who was a General Post Office (GPO) official, provided the solution: trialling the continental system of placing locked cast-iron pillar boxes at the roadside and the provision of regular collection times. This led to the need for many more convenient places where stamped letters could be posted. However, letters still had to be taken to the nearest letter receiving office, which could be miles away. This was easily pre-payable by means of the new adhesive stamps. The Royal Mail letter box was introduced following the 1840 postal reform, which provided for a universal affordable postage rate. Above all else to have a British Icon in your garden or entrance is not only heart-warming, but a worthwhile investment. We have also painted pillar boxes for conservation areas and National trust properties. A particular highlight being, painting pillar boxes gold and silver for an Olympic medal winners Ruta Meilutyte and Tom Daley! We can paint a pillar box in a bespoke colour of your choice. If you have a Victorian property then a 'VR' pillar box would suit the property as would 'GR' pillar boxes suit a Georgian property. 'VR' 'ER' ''GR' are the most sought after with the more modern bullet shape pillar boxes now gaining in popularity. The original use of a wall mounted post box with a rear door was so that the post master of a post office could collect the mail from the inside of the shop. These enable you to collect your mail from inside your property. The wall mounted post boxes can be fitted into gate pillars or walls and we also occasionally get some boxes with a front and rear door. Here at UKAA, find a large selection of wall mounted post boxes, post mounted post boxes, arched back and pillar boxes. It is secure, eliminates build up inside your home and hides the fact that you are not in residence. This is especially useful if you spend few weeks at a time away from your home as it is a safe way of handling weeks of post. Pillar boxes have been reclaimed and restored not only for use as it was intended when first made, but also examples have been used as a 'Laundry Shute'! However most pillar boxes that get rehomed are used to collect mail. When people visit our reclamation yard, the first thing many comment on is how much of the pillar box is buried in the ground, they’re positioned so that 6 inches of the black is visible at the base. In addition to this, most pillar boxes come with its original lock and key or some may have been fitted with new ones – so they’re fully functioning. The inside of the box is fully refurbished at this stage as well.Īll pillar boxes come with a pot of red paint so that you can touch up the paint after it has been placed into position. Simply let us know if you’d like the lettering in Gold or Silver. Any repairs or welding are also done at this stage, before painted with a rust inhibitor and then primed with at least three coats of red lead primer and then three coats of Post Office red top coat.Some pillar boxes need to be sand blasted back to the bare metal, whereas others don’t require it. Finally it is then hand painted in two top coats of post office red gloss. The post box is then painted using a rust inhibitor, then undercoated in a red oxide primer.We start by preparing the original surface ready for painting, by removing any loose paint and rust on the post box while keeping as much of the original paint and character as possible. #Antique cast iron money box professionalAs the UK’s leading retailer for those wanting to purchase salvaged Royal Mail post boxes, our professional craftsmen have 50 years of experience in refurbishing them so they are restored to their former glory.
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