The Development in the Letterbox

The Development of the Letterbox
In the pre-post box era, there was two main strategies to delivering a letter; senders would be necessitated to bring their mail to a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post in the community. In order to distinguish himself, and to make his presence known, the Bellman would wear a uniform and sound familiar.
It was at 1852 how the suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, which has a trial proposed for your Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were attached to Jersey to understand the new system.
The success of the experiment triggered an additional four being placed on Guernsey, one of which now forms part in the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing about the mainland at the time of 1853.
However, there was clearly to date no universal pillar box design in which we're currently familiar. Design and manufacture was with the discretion of local authorities, and it what food was in 1859 that attempts were built to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits had become the favoured option over vertical ones, and became the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the first included the addition from the protruding cap to shield the contents in the elements.
As of 1859, this area would have been to be around by 50 percent sizes; a larger 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 up against the backdrop of these criticism that this here Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to create another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this became not just a huge success and thus, an extra design arrived 1879. This final design could be the one that were familiar with today. It was two years just before this that this iconic red colour from the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before now, the most well-liked colour option was green so that you can blend in with the green British pastures. However, following a barrage of complaints that this structures were to hard to locate because of their camouflage, it absolutely was agreed that bright red was the best option. The programme of re-painting lasted for about a decade.
For people at large, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the capacity for sending and receiving mail effortlessly. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, everyone was afforded access with a delivery service no time before witnessed in Great Britain.