The primary school pupils, in their letters posted ... in Scotland, Royal Mail said. British postboxes were first introduced in 1852 with a trial of cast iron pillar boxes in the Channel Islands ...

In a victory for long-suffering posties, the government has backed a move to ban low-level letter boxes from new buildings ... where staff at her local Royal Mail delivery office had first ...

Because of Elizabeth II's 70-year reign, many will be familiar with her Royal Cypher ... roadside pillar box where people could post mail. Letters would be collected at regular times by GPO ...