A selection of videos celebrating 500 Years of Royal Mail
1800s The UK’s oldest working post boxes
1600s Launch of Royal Mail’s Investigation Department
1500s Sir Brian Tuke
1800s The first postage stamp; Queen Victoria 1d black – the Penny Black (1840)
1800s Use of the Royal cypher on post boxes
1800s Postboxes: the start of the legend
1900s Intelligent letter sorting machines (ILSMs)
1800s Telegrams