Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was also a Post Office surveyor. Although many letter boxes are ordinary, some types, such as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. This book describes & illustrates some of those from the Channel Islands, where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852, to Scotl&, which has had its own design of letter boxes since the Queen`s accession in 1952, & from the heart of London to the depths of rural Wales & the Irish Republic.