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Romantic postboxes feature loving quotes for Valentine’s Day

The postboxes are in London, Lichfield, Dorset and Ayr.

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In the age of online messaging, Royal Mail is hoping to rekindle a fondness for the handwritten love letter this Valentine’s Day, by dedicating postboxes to some of Britain’s greatest romantic wordsmiths.

Quotes from the works of poets John Keats and Anna Seward, novelist Thomas Hardy and bard Robert Burns will adorn four red postboxes throughout the UK.

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Putting the finishing touches to a postbox decorated in honour of author Thomas Hardy in his birthplace of Higher Bockhampton, Dorset (Royal Mail)

“With such a rich history of producing some of the most famous romantic works of all time, it seems only fitting that their work is honoured on some of our iconic postboxes.”

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Postbox honouring poet Anna Seward in her hometown of Lichfield, Staffordshire (Royal Mail)
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