Editing Post box (section)

{{short description|Box for collecting outgoing mail}}
{{hatnote|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]].}}
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[[Image:Russia Mailbox of the Russian Post in Moscow.jpg|thumb|right|Postbox of the [[Russian Post]] in Moscow]]
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.