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What (who) is postbox - definition
POST COLLECTION POINT
Postbox; 📮; Collection box; Post-box; Post boxes
![Post & Telegraphs]] "P&T" logo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irish Post & Telegraphs P&T (Ireland).png?width=200 "Post & Telegraphs]] \"P&T\" logo")
![A British Lamp Box post box of the circa-1954 pattern in [[Eaves, Lancashire]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lamp_Box_2019.jpeg?width=200 "A British Lamp Box post box of the circa-1954 pattern in [[Eaves, Lancashire]].")
![French wall box of the 1977 pattern now on display at the Colne Valley Postal History Museum, [[Essex]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1977 pattern French wall box at the Colne Valley Postal History Museum, Essex.jpg?width=200 "French wall box of the 1977 pattern now on display at the Colne Valley Postal History Museum, [[Essex]]")
![Modern postbox in [[Estonia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mailbox Metropolin in Estonia.jpg?width=200 "Modern postbox in [[Estonia]]")
![Modern postbox in [[Poland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mailbox in Ustroń, Poland.jpg?width=200 "Modern postbox in [[Poland]]")
![Post box in [[Lanzarote]], ([[Canary Islands]]), [[Spain]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaiza Playa Blanca - Plaza de la Marina 02 ies.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Lanzarote]], ([[Canary Islands]]), [[Spain]]")
![Post box in [[Belgium]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boîte aux lettres à Mons en Belgique - vrijstaande brievenbus in Mons België - Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1684.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Belgium]]")
![A note attached to an old private posting box in St John University ([[York]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PrivatePOstBoxYork.jpg?width=200 "A note attached to an old private posting box in St John University ([[York]])")
![Matsuda]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japan Post Angle Model 10 Mailbox.jpg?width=200 "Matsuda]]")
![Post boxes in [[Taipei]], Taiwan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Post boxes in Gongguan, Taipei City 20070723.jpg?width=200 "Post boxes in [[Taipei]], Taiwan")
![A post box in [[India]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L164 - Boîte aux lettres - Inde.JPG?width=200 "A post box in [[India]]")
![[[USPS]] "Snorkel" collection boxes for drive-through access in [[Los Altos, California]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Post office drivethrough lane.jpg?width=200 "[[USPS]] \"Snorkel\" collection boxes for drive-through access in [[Los Altos, California]]")
.jpg?width=200 "A USPS collection box without a \"snorkel\"")
![A USPS storage box in [[Venice, Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 2018 with the olive green USPS colouring scheme used between [[World War I]] and 1955](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old USPS Collection Box.jpg?width=200 "A USPS storage box in [[Venice, Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 2018 with the olive green USPS colouring scheme used between [[World War I]] and 1955")
![postal codes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CanadaPost Mailbox in Markham, Ontario.jpg?width=200 "postal codes]]")
![franked]], mail](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Double postbox with two apertures, one for stamped, and the other for franked, mail.jpg?width=200 "franked]], mail")
![A wooden wall box in [[Burlington House]], London.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burlington House Wall Box, London.jpg?width=200 "A wooden wall box in [[Burlington House]], London.")
![Post-GR VI style of Royal Mail Lamp Box used in [[Scotland]], showing the [[Crown of Scotland]] instead of the EIIR cypher](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal Mail Lamp Box (Scotland).jpg?width=200 "Post-GR VI style of Royal Mail Lamp Box used in [[Scotland]], showing the [[Crown of Scotland]] instead of the EIIR cypher")
![Royal Mail lamp box type LB3426 showing the [[Crown of Scotland]] on a steel plate](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal Mail lamp box type LB3426 (Crown of Scotland).jpg?width=200 "Royal Mail lamp box type LB3426 showing the [[Crown of Scotland]] on a steel plate")
![The surviving [[pillar box]] from the [[1996 Manchester bombing]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Postbox Manchester survived IRA 1996 bomb 20051020.jpg?width=200 "The surviving [[pillar box]] from the [[1996 Manchester bombing]]")
![Irish Republicans painting a [[Royal Mail]] postbox in [[Derry]] for the ''Green Post-Box Campaign'' in 2008](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Painting postbox green in Derry for the Green Post-Box Campaign in 2008.jpg?width=200 "Irish Republicans painting a [[Royal Mail]] postbox in [[Derry]] for the ''Green Post-Box Campaign'' in 2008")
![Pillar box in [[Bruges]], Belgium](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pillar box in Bruges, Belgium.gif?width=200 "Pillar box in [[Bruges]], Belgium")
![Post box at [[Dubrovnik Airport]], Croatia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poštanski sandučić u Dubrovniku (Zračna luka).jpg?width=200 "Post box at [[Dubrovnik Airport]], Croatia")
![Post boxes in [[Fåborg]], Denmark](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Post Danmark Post boxes in Fåborg, Denmark.jpg?width=200 "Post boxes in [[Fåborg]], Denmark")
![A post box in [[Funningur]], [[Faroe Islands]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Postbox in Funningur, Faroe Islands.jpg?width=200 "A post box in [[Funningur]], [[Faroe Islands]]")
![Post boxes in [[Heinola]], Finland. Yellow 2nd class postbox is very common, blue 1st class mailboxes only at selected places.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Finnish mailboxes.jpg?width=200 "Post boxes in [[Heinola]], Finland. Yellow 2nd class postbox is very common, blue 1st class mailboxes only at selected places.")
![Post box in [[Galápagos Islands]], 1983](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wooden barrel postbox in the Galapagos Islands, 1983.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Galápagos Islands]], 1983")
![French Post Box at [[Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/French-postbox at Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport.jpg?width=200 "French Post Box at [[Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport]]")
![Spanish Post Box at [[Madrid]] parking lot.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buzon-correos-madrid-xanadu.jpg?width=200 "Spanish Post Box at [[Madrid]] parking lot.")
![German mail box with an old [[Post horn]] with arrows (stylized lightning bolts) from the ''Deutsche Bundespost'', on the top sign the new post horn from [[Deutsche Post]] AG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/German mailbox with an old Posthorn.jpg?width=200 "German mail box with an old [[Post horn]] with arrows (stylized lightning bolts) from the ''Deutsche Bundespost'', on the top sign the new post horn from [[Deutsche Post]] AG")
![A [[Guernsey Post]] type C double aperture [[pillar box]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guernsey Postbox type C double aperture pillar box.jpg?width=200 "A [[Guernsey Post]] type C double aperture [[pillar box]]")
![Post box in [[Budapest]], Hungary](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Budapest_postbox.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Budapest]], Hungary")
![Post box in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Icelandic postbox in Reykjavík.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland")
![Post box of [[Indian Postal Service]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indian_Post_Box.jpg?width=200 "Post box of [[Indian Postal Service]]")
![VR]] pillar box in [[Kilkenny]], Ireland, painted green with obvious door repair](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VR pillar box in Kilkenny, Ireland, painted green.gif?width=200 "VR]] pillar box in [[Kilkenny]], Ireland, painted green with obvious door repair")
![Edward VII]] post box in Ireland, painted green.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward VII postbox, Ireland.jpg?width=200 "Edward VII]] post box in Ireland, painted green.")
![Irish [[lamp box]] erected by [[An Post]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irish lamp box erected by Anpost.jpg?width=200 "Irish [[lamp box]] erected by [[An Post]]")
![King Edward VII pillar box in [[Birgu]], Malta](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vittorioso. EVIIR Edwardian Post Box.,Malta - Flickr - sludgegulper.jpg?width=200 "King Edward VII pillar box in [[Birgu]], Malta")
![Modern MaltaPost post box in [[Mellieħa]], Malta](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malta Post Box, Mellieha. March 2010 - Flickr - sludgegulper.jpg?width=200 "Modern MaltaPost post box in [[Mellieħa]], Malta")
![1st class (Blue Mail) and standard mail post boxes in [[Porto]], Portugal](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcos correio (Porto).JPG?width=200 "1st class (Blue Mail) and standard mail post boxes in [[Porto]], Portugal")
![Post box in [[Kraków]], Poland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polish Postbox in Kraków.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Kraków]], Poland")
![A post box in [[San Marino]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/San Marino cassetta postale.jpg?width=200 "A post box in [[San Marino]]")
![Post box in [[Bratislava]], Slovakia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slovak postbox in Bratislava.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Bratislava]], Slovakia")
![A GR Lamp Box at [[Cape Agulhas]], the most southern post box in Africa](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Postbox at Cape Agulhas.jpg?width=200 "A GR Lamp Box at [[Cape Agulhas]], the most southern post box in Africa")
![Swedish]] post box](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Briefkasten Schweden.jpg?width=200 "Swedish]] post box")
![Post box in [[Lützelflüh-Goldbach]], Switzerland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swiss Postbox in Lützelflüh-Goldbach.jpg?width=200 "Post box in [[Lützelflüh-Goldbach]], Switzerland")
![A Ukrainian post box in the city of [[Dnipro]], Ukraine](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ukrainian Postbox in Dnipro.jpg?width=200 "A Ukrainian post box in the city of [[Dnipro]], Ukraine")
![A standardized Brazilian post box, in [[Belo Horizonte]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Correio Mailbox in Belo Horizonte, Brasil.jpg?width=200 "A standardized Brazilian post box, in [[Belo Horizonte]]")
![in [[Al Satwa]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dubai postbox in Al Satwa.jpg?width=200 "in [[Al Satwa]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates")
![Post box incorporated into a Type K4 telephone kiosk, introduced in 1927. 10 survive in the UK of this design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott which also incorporates two stamp vending machines. This [[red telephone box]] is in [[Warrington]], Cheshire, England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wallbox in phone kiosk in Warrington, Cheshire, England.jpg?width=200 "Post box incorporated into a Type K4 telephone kiosk, introduced in 1927. 10 survive in the UK of this design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott which also incorporates two stamp vending machines. This [[red telephone box]] is in [[Warrington]], Cheshire, England")
![Brough]], Derbyshire, England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wall box75.jpg?width=200 "Brough]], Derbyshire, England")
![Victorian]] hexagonal red post box of the Penfold type manufactured in 1866 outside [[King's College, Cambridge]] (not the original location for this box).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penfold post box on King's Parade, Cambridge.jpg?width=200 "Victorian]] hexagonal red post box of the Penfold type manufactured in 1866 outside [[King's College, Cambridge]] (not the original location for this box).")
![Edward VIII]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdwardVIIIpostbox.jpg?width=200 "Edward VIII]]")
![Soviet postbox in [[Bukhara]], Uzbekistan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buxoro, Uzbekistan postbox.jpg?width=200 "Soviet postbox in [[Bukhara]], Uzbekistan")
![Large square pillar box (type A wall box freestanding) in Gloddaeth Street, [[Llandudno]], Wales](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wall box freestanding in Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno, Wales.jpg?width=200 "Large square pillar box (type A wall box freestanding) in Gloddaeth Street, [[Llandudno]], Wales")
![VR]] [[pillar box]] originally installed in [[Guernsey]] in 1852/3 on the recommendation of [[Anthony Trollope]] and is one of the oldest still in use.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victorian post box Guernsey.jpg?width=200 "VR]] [[pillar box]] originally installed in [[Guernsey]] in 1852/3 on the recommendation of [[Anthony Trollope]] and is one of the oldest still in use.")
![divers]] at the [[Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park]], [[Japan]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Underwater post box at the Izu Ocean Park.jpg?width=200 "divers]] at the [[Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park]], [[Japan]]")
postbox
¦ noun a large public box having a slot into which letters are posted, for collection by the Post Office.
collection box
(collection boxes)
A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity. (AM)
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Post box
A post box (British English; also written postbox; also known as pillar box), also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box (American English) is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
Examples of use of postbox
1. One should bound to the postbox with ones tax return and accompanying cheque, shouting Yes!
2. It was recovered by officers from a postbox in the Hitchin area on Wednesday morning.
3. We bet there‘s a lot of hate mail in his postbox.
4. Poured into a retro–style postbox red bikini, the Kent–born model is strikingly reminiscent of screen siren Rita Hayworth.
5. The schools Christmas tree will not go up until December 7, when there will also be a postbox for children to send Christmas cards to each other.