J3471 : Pillar box and drop box, Belfast

taken 13 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Pillar box and drop box, Belfast
Pillar box and drop box, Belfast
Drop box and GR pillar box, outside a post office on the Ormeau Road, near South Parade.
Postboxes, Belfast BT1-15

A series of photographs showing some of the postboxes within postcodes BT1-15. LinkExternal link shows the postboxes in the rest of Northern Ireland.

Drop box

A ‘drop box’ is an item of Royal Mail street furniture. It is a receptacle where the postman can securely store part of his morning round, at a convenient location. Sometimes, the Royal Mail van may drop off the postman with his bike and morning deliveries, saving him carrying a heavier load or frequent returns to the sorting office.
Originally drop boxes were attached to pillar boxes and, therefore, painted red to match. Nowadays, they are separate free-standing boxes – usually close to a postbox – generally painted grey, although red stand-alone boxes are also to be seen.

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J3471, 273 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Sunday, 25 September, 2011   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 25 September, 2011
Geographical Context
Business, Retail, Services  Suburb, Urban fringe 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 346 719 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:34.6796N 5:55.1393W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 346 719
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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Belfast  Postbox  Drop Box (Royal Mail) 

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