The Development of the Letterbox

In the pre-post box era, there was two main strategies to delivering instructions; senders will be necessitated to take their mail to a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post from your community. In order to distinguish himself, and to make his presence known, the Bellman might wear a uniform and ring a bell.
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 try out the newest system.
The success of the experiment generated yet another four being set up on Guernsey, info now forms part from the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing on the mainland at the time of 1853.
However, there was confirmed no universal pillar box design with which we are currently familiar. contemporary letterbox and manufacture was with the discretion of local authorities, and yes it was at 1859 that attempts were built to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits took over as the favoured option over vertical ones, and had become the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the main included the addition with the protruding cap to shield the contents from your elements.
As of 1859, this area would have been to be available in 2 sizes; a greater and wider size for highly populated areas, as well as a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes did not receive universal acclaim. It was against the backdrop for these criticism how the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to create another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this was not a huge success and so, an additional design arrived 1879. This final design is the one in which we are acquainted with today. It was a couple of years prior to this how the iconic red colour of the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before now, the most preferred colour option was green so that you can blend in with the green British pastures. However, after having a barrage of complaints that the structures were to tough to locate this can camouflage, it had been agreed that bright red was the best choice. The programme of re-painting lasted for ten years.
For the people in particular, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the capability for sending and receiving mail effortlessly. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, people were afforded access with a delivery service no time before witnessed in Great Britain.