Each post box honours significant figures in the uk s black community.
Black post box royal mail.
Royal mail has unveiled four new black postboxes to mark black history month this october.
Royal mail also painted a sheffield post box gold after local jessica ennis took gold in the 2012 olympics.
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Four royal mail post boxes in different areas of the uk have been painted black as a way of celebrating black history month.
The postboxes have been designed to honour black britons and to pay tribute to royal mail staff.
A full list of black britons who have appeared on special stamps over the years can be found by scanning a qr code on the boxes which link through to a dedicated online gallery on the royal mail.
Royal mail unveils special postboxes to mark black history month pri166813270 jpg mary seacole a jamaican born nurse who cared for wounded british soldiers during the crimean war features on the.
Mail is deposited in pillar boxes to be collected by the royal mail an post or the appropriate postal operator and forwarded to the addressee.
Royal mail said the boxes in london glasgow cardiff.
Four red post boxes have been painted black to honour black britons including sir lenny henry and 19th century nursing pioneer mary seacole.
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In a historic attempt to show solidarity towards the black fraternity the royal mail post boxes which are usually red have been painted black in an effort to commemorate black history month in october in london glasgow cardiff and belfast.
Each post box features a significant figure from the british black community and a postal stamp dedicated to them along with a social media link.
The royal mail post boxes which are usually red have been painted black as part of black history month in october in london glasgow cardiff and belfast.