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Post box
Box for collecting outgoing mail / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Post office box. For another use, see Postbox (email client). "Collection box" redirects here; for another use, see Poor box.
A post box (British English; also written postbox; also known as pillar box), also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box (American English), is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
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