far as is known, no boxes were cast with the cipher of Edward VIII 1940 LB213 Designed to be cheaper to make and of larger capacity, the 1940 Pattern was not actually put into production until 1949 due to restrictions on materials caused by World War II Elizabeth II LB214 1952 LB214 was the first of around twenty variations in the earlier 1940 pattern box during the present reign. LB215 Allied Iron Founders LB216 Carron Company LB216 Carron Company Stirlingshire LB217 Carron Company Stirlingshire "1977 pattern" In 1977, the design was changed so that the cast front was fitted to the galvanised steel back by four riveted lugs rather than 6 internal screws. These are henceforward known as "1977 Pattern". For the first three years the round-profile Collection Plate holder was retained. However, from 1980, they were always supplied with a Universal Collection Plate Holder (UCPH). LB 218 Carron Stirlingshire (No "Company" in the name) LB 219 Lion Foundry Kirkintilloch LB 220 Carronade LB 221 Machan Scotland LB 222 Abbott Engineering In 1994, the letters business of the Post Office was split from the retail business. The former retained the title Royal Mail Letters whilst the later became Post Office Counters Ltd. This necessitated changing the castings yet again so that in future they would read Royal Mail rather than Post Office. LB223 Machan Scotland The first new Lamp Letter box design for some years was introduced by Royal Mail in 1999. Designated Type N, or "The Bantam" box, the ultra-modern design is made in traditional cast iron, with polished steel fittings. These are more truly "pedestal boxes" such as Type L and Type M, but due to their size, are considered by the Letter Box Study Group to be Lamp Letter boxes. LB224 Type N Bantam box, Machan Engineering Scotland All of the above Elizabeth II boxes can also be found with the Scottish crown. The new Bantam box is also made with a bi-lingual Welsh/English branding. LB3426 stainless steel boxes are produced by RM Manufacturing, Newcastle upon Tyne. (RM Manufacturing is part of Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions Ltd). Other meanings The term "lamp box" is also used to refer to a computer running the LAMP solution stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP), and generally used as a web server. Images See also Pillar box Wall box Ludlow style wall box 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in