Description

Rare red wooden miniature letter box, more commonly seen in oak or mahogany. Added to the box at a later stage are the labels ‘Post Leaves’ & ‘New Parcel Post Rates’, dated 1935.
We presume this quaint piece would have originally resided in a country house, emptied each day by the servant and taken to the post office. Prior to the introduction of street letter boxes in the UK in 1853, a letter would be posted by taking it to a receiving house or person known as the Bellman, who donned a uniform and walked the streets ringing a bell to alert people of his presence.

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