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Who’s saving up Christmas cards to send on 9th December (next Tuesday) in celebration of #ChristmasCardDay and Sir Henry Cole? 🙋‍♂️🎄🎩📮🎉
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Signposting this Tuesday’s festive @letterappsoc.bsky.social #ChristmasCardDay at my nearest post box, a wonderful Victorian specimen. 🧑🏾‍🎄
I’ll be posting mine on the 9th but should you miss out, final dates are:
📮 17th Dec for 2nd class
📮 20th Dec for those who can afford 1st class
#PostboxSaturday 💌

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George VI wall box set into the boundary wall of Winchester College, which was founded in 1382. 💌
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Representing the phoneme -oa- 🙌🏾
I spotted this ERII post box participating in the phonics trail on a trip down memory lane, visiting Brighton University School of Education. 💌
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Happy #PostboxSaturday from this post box outside Pescara Airport, Italy. 💌🇮🇹 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this decorated George VI pillar box in Petts Wood. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
#LestWeForget2025 #ArmisticeDay

Throwback to my favourite Edward VIII pillar box - the less famous of two in Tobermory - this #PostboxSaturday, because tomorrow is The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society’s 8th birthday. 💌
I’m in awe of and grateful for what you’ve created, Dinah
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🎈🥰
#THLAS8

How to explain why we all need to write letters? Many do already but if not, the joy of handwritten correspondence from someone real, somewhere different, with life experiences and knowledge new to us, is something everyone should experience. Be brave. Write to a friend today. ✉️

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this giant George V wall box that lives in the forecourt of Brighton Railway Station facing down the hill towards to sea. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

This week our uni kid phoned me about an essay and those 'blank page' worries so I said 'just tell me the essay out loud'. I recorded the conversation for my kid to transcribe and it worked! The *thinking* has to be there before the writing, otherwise you're putting your brain out to pasture. 3/3 😘

The thing about writing is it's about *thinking* rather than about transcribing your thinking. That's a big reason why I'd never use AI to write (among many other reasons). I want to do the thinking! I've got a couple of anecdotes about this in case anyone is interested. 1/3 🧵⬇️

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this pair of ERII Type K pillar boxes that stand outside the Milton Keynes shopping centre that Cliff Richard skated around in his 1981 ‘Wired for Sound’ video. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this Victorian pillar box that stands at the bottom of Beauchamp Road, home of the Clapham Welsh Presbyterian Chapel (Capel Cymraeg Clapham), est 1897 to serve the burgeoning Welsh population. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this Victorian wall box with bullnose brick surround built into the Grade II listed Church House in Lingfield. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this ERII wall box on the front of Lingfield railway station, which adjoins Lingfield Park racecourse. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! This is the postbox that started the hashtag, found on Peveril Downs, the place where the idea for The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society was born. #Swanage ☺️📮☁️🎉

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George VI pillar box on the Mile End Road in Bow. It has a security panel on the righthand side to prevent it from being prised open with a crowbar, despite being steps away from The Thames Magistrates’ Court! 💌 ⚖️ @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Falconwood / Albany Park? 💌

“I’ve got letters and postcards a-plenty
I’ve got paper and notelets galore
You want cool postboxes? I’ve got twenty!
But who cares? No big deal, I want more!” OK, Little Mermaid, here’s a nice one in Puerto del Carmen too… Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! 😄📮🧜‍♀️🏝️❤️

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George VI wall box housed in its own stone pillar in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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In Dublin’s fair city,
Where the postboxes are pretty,
Eldest first set her eyes on sweet green ones galore,
As An Post wheeled their barrow,
Through the streets, broad and narrow,
Crying “Letters and postcards, alive, alive, oh!” Happy #PostboxSaturday, folks! 🤩📮🇮🇪💚

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George V with its own back pack that lives in front of Oban Parish Church. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this Scottish lamp box (with its own little tribute on the wall) outside Craignure Post Office that greets you on disembarking the ferry on the Isle of Mull. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! A celebration of the interconnectedness of humans via these magical postal portals and a reminder that no man is an island. (Unless you live on St Michael’s Mount where the postbox is out of action and the nearest town has no Post Office!) 🥹📮❤️

Happy #PostboxSaturday from these metal posting boxes set into Oban’s Post Office building, which was built in 1909 but features Scottish 17th century detailing. However, the best feature is their favourable collection times. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @letterappsoc.bsky.social

No-one is expecting to pay peanuts but £1.70 for a 1st class stamp is sadly pricing lots of people out of sending letters. #RoyalMail 🥜💌

Happy #PostboxSaturday, postbox friends! Had the loveliest few days away in beautiful Cornwall with postboxes galore! Thought I’d start here with some postal paradise at the Eden Project including a little expedition for the @postalpathsguy.bsky.social’s wonderful exploratory book… ☺️📮📗🌴🌿

I send handwritten letters to friends at Christmas rather than printed round robins.

A round robin says "I am important enough to send a round robin".

A handwritten letter says "you are important enough to deserve a handwritten letter".

Whether my handwriting is legible is another matter.😀

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this wall box that’s had its status enhanced courtesy of a tin of red paint. It lives in Ardlui, a hamlet located at the head of Loch Lomond, so features the Scottish Crown - like every Scottish post box since 1954. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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