This is my local letter box (Pillar Box)



Until the 1980's both the telephone and the postal service came under the control of the General Post Office. Post boxes older than 1980 will often have the words Post Office rather than Royal Mail as seen on modern post boxes.



On every post box in the UK, the Royal Cipher can be seen of the reigning monarch at the time of the box's installation. It is made up of the Christian (first) name of the King or Queen together with the letter R which stands for Regina (Queen) or Rex (King).