UKAA buy and sell Pillar Boxes. We are the Uk's leading retailer for anyone who wants to purchase an original British Pillar Box. The Royal Mail Pillar box has been around since the first ones were erected in the Channel Islands in 1852. The red post boxes are famous throughout the world. The cipher on the front of the pillar box signifies during which reign the box was made; they can be VR, ER 7th, GR, GR 6th and ER. Some of the more notable manufacturers of Pillar boxes include:
- John M Butt & Company
- Andrew Handyside of Derby
- Smith & Hawkes
- Cochrane & Company
- H & M D Grissell
- Suttie & Company
- Cochrane, Grove & Company
- H & C Smith
- W T Allen & Company
- James Ludlow
- Eagle Range & Foundry Company
- Derby Castings
- Vandyke Engineers Of Harlow
- Carron Company