![First Mailing on X: "Did you know, the UK's oldest surviving post box is at Barnes Cross, Holwell, near Sherborne, Dorset. The unusual octagonal design dates from 1853 and features a vertical First Mailing on X: "Did you know, the UK's oldest surviving post box is at Barnes Cross, Holwell, near Sherborne, Dorset. The unusual octagonal design dates from 1853 and features a vertical](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVEvKF1WQAISQjy.jpg)
First Mailing on X: "Did you know, the UK's oldest surviving post box is at Barnes Cross, Holwell, near Sherborne, Dorset. The unusual octagonal design dates from 1853 and features a vertical
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Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online
![Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/04/01/article-2594153-1CBD54DF00000578-879_636x382.jpg)
Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online
![The oldest post box in Great Britain is in Barnes Cross, Holwell Dorset, England. and dates back to Victorian times. The oldest post box in Great Britain is in Barnes Cross, Holwell Dorset, England. and dates back to Victorian times.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/82/c0/4f/82c04f857f134cd869f153a92fc35bf8.jpg)
The oldest post box in Great Britain is in Barnes Cross, Holwell Dorset, England. and dates back to Victorian times.
![Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/01/article-2594153-1CBC837600000578-77_634x1067.jpg)
Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online
![The oldest surviving post box in the UK (dating from 1852) still in daily use in Union Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands UK Stock Photo - Alamy The oldest surviving post box in the UK (dating from 1852) still in daily use in Union Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands UK Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W3KC88/the-oldest-surviving-post-box-in-the-uk-dating-from-1852-still-in-daily-use-in-union-street-st-peter-port-guernsey-channel-islands-uk-W3KC88.jpg)
The oldest surviving post box in the UK (dating from 1852) still in daily use in Union Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands UK Stock Photo - Alamy
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File:Holwell, the oldest postbox still in use in Britain - geograph.org.uk - 513653.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online Britain's oldest red postbox is still in use after 161 YEARS - and still bears Queen Victoria's initials | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/04/01/article-2594153-1CBC783B00000578-410_634x467.jpg)