Postbox Facts

Postboxes in the UK bear the 'royal cypher' (initials, basically) of the monarch on the throne at the time they are installed, and have done since Queen Victoria's reign - meaning you can very roughly ascertain how old a postbox is just by looking at it postalmuseum.org/blog/roy…

There is a postbox in Japan that is 10meters underwater and at its busiest time can contain 200 pieces of mail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus…

There is a permanent gold postbox in each of the home towns of 2012 British Gold Medal winners en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201…

The deepest postbox is 10 meters underwater. It is used by divers in Japan to send waterproof postcards. worldatlas.com/articles/d…

The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 metres underwater. japantimes.co.jp/news/201…

The world’s deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It’s 10 metres underwater. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus…

Royal Mail Celebrates Gold Olympic Winners by Painting there Local Postbox Gold goldpostboxes.com

The reason why the postbox outside the Manchester (UK) Museum of Science & Industry is blue, is because blue was a special colour used for airmail postboxes in the 1930's. There are only two blue postboxes in the UK. geograph.org.uk/photo/239…

:That in Vanuatu, an island in the South Pacific, there is an underwater post office that has an underwater mailbox and a postman that will process your mail if you go to him tourismontheedge.com/plac…

There is a pillar box (mail box) still in use in Guernsey that was installed on February 8, 1853 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pil…