Lamp box - Definition and Overview

Lamp boxes are the smallest post boxes used by the Royal Mail in the UK and by its counterparts in the British Commonwealth. Their name derives from the fact that they were designed to be affixed to lamp posts, although they may equally be found embedded in walls or mounted on poles.

See also

• Pillar box
• Wall box
• Ludlow wall box

External links

• The Letter Box Study Group (http://www.lbsg.org/)