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letter box

mailbox or slot into which incoming mail can be delivered
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letter box

Summary

letter box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • letter box is a type of mailbox[2].
  • letter box is a type of delivery point[3].
  • letter box is used for receiving[4].
  • letter box's Commons category is recorded as Letter boxes[5].
  • letter box's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=letter_box[6].
  • letter box's partially coincident with is recorded as mailbox[7].
  • letter box's different from is recorded as post box[8].
  • letter box's different from is recorded as letterboxing[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mailbox[2] and delivery point[3].

Use and Application

letter box is used for receiving[4].

Why It Matters

letter box ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_letter-box_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{letter box}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/letter-box}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → receiving
    Different from → post box, letterboxing
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → mailbox, delivery point
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9727, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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