The Development from the Letterbox

The Development of the Letterbox
In the pre-post box era, there are two main strategies to delivering correspondence; senders will be necessitated to take their mail with a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post from your community. In order to distinguish himself, also to make his presence known, the Bellman has on a uniform and sounds familiar.
It was in 1852 the suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, using a trial proposed for your Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were attached to Jersey to understand the modern system.
The success in the experiment generated an additional four being placed on Guernsey, one of which now forms part of the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing on the mainland as of 1853.
However, there was as yet no universal pillar box design that were currently familiar. Design and manufacture was at the discretion of local authorities, and it was in 1859 that attempts were built to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits became the favoured option over vertical ones, and had become the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the read more original included the addition of the protruding cap to shield the contents through the elements.
As of 1859, the therapy lamp would have been to be around in 2 sizes; a bigger and wider size for highly populated areas, plus a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes failed to receive universal acclaim. It was from the backdrop of these criticism the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to produce another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this was not only a huge success and thus, a further design started in 1879. This final design is the one that we have been familiar with today. It was 2 years before this how the iconic red colour from the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before this time around, the preferred colour option was green to be able to blend in with all the green British pastures. However, following a barrage of complaints that the structures were to challenging to locate this can camouflage, it was agreed that bright red was the most suitable choice. The programme of re-painting lasted for ten years.
For the population most importantly, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the ability for sending and receiving mail with ease. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, individuals were afforded access to your delivery service no time before witnessed in Great Britain.