But the Royal Mail service in Britain is not one to be considered old and stuffy.
Royal Mail will now paint a box near her former primary school in Cheshunt.
The records include the stories of the women who kept the Royal Mail running during wartime.
It also lists 3, 000 men called Pat who worked for Royal Mail over the years.
Royal Mail will be hiring double the 15, 000 temporary staff it usually takes on before Christmas.
In 2002, Royal Mail undertook to repaint each of its letter boxes every three years.
Talks between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail have so far proven unsuccessful.
But former postal minister Ian McCartney denied there were plans to privatise the Royal Mail.
But Andrew Riseley, CICRA chief executive, said the Channel Islands' postal operators relied on Royal Mail.
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The Royal Mail hopes it has solved the problem by assigning it TDCU 1ZZ.
She has written to the Royal Mail asking it to recognise Sanquhar's special status.
Ms MacFarlane said Royal Mail intended to tackle concerns about the suitability of the site.
Even Britain, usually a friend of market-opening, does not want to see the Royal Mail emasculated.
Royal Mail announced in November the 110 repainted postboxes in Britain would remain gold permanently.
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To date, LiveOps has over 200 customers, including Salesforce.com, Symantec, and the Royal Mail Group.
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Royal Mail has stressed that the level of provision they provide is backed by law.
Royal Mail has apologised to residents in Warwickshire who have suffered disruption to their postal service.
Earlier this month Royal Mail said new national working arrangements were affecting the Stratford depot.
Royal Mail and the Social Security Agency have issued advice to customers affected by the dispute.
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Earlier this year, the European Commission approved the nationalisation of the Royal Mail's pension scheme.
Then in December, 8, 000 people flocked to a former Royal Mail sorting office in Islington for the second edition.
And Royal Mail, another large local employer, may move Crewe's postal sorting office elsewhere.
Royal Mail will now extend the initiative to millions of homes around the country.
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Royal Mail says the UK has more than 1.7 million postcodes, covering about 28 million addresses.
Royal Mail said it hoped further talks could be held to resolve the dispute.
Every incarnation of the Doctor will be getting his own Royal Mail 1st class stamp.
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Royal Mail said the postbox had become "dangerous" for the staff who emptied it.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton, insisted the government wasn't bailing out the company.
Gary Crawford, General Manager for Royal Mail in Northern Ireland, said people had taken to the idea.
But the Royal Mail said it will do its best to maintain services as far as possible.
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