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The original blue mail bin with the pull-down opening was declared out of service and taped shut after postal officials found evidence that someone was fishing for mail. “We found a sticky substance ...

Valentine’s Day is only a few weeks away and if you’re unsure what to get your other half this year, why not try a letterbox gift? Letterbox gifts do exactly what they say on the tin: all you have to ...

International spies have long relied on the "dead letter box" or "dead drops" for important information exchanges. Recently, a British Magazine gave ordinary people the chance to play spy by giving ...

This helps in identifying any letter come to our address. If a letter is dropped by someone into the letter box, the LED attached at the output stops blinking which indicates that there is a letter in ...

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