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Special delivery: king sends Royal Mail postbox to the Antarctic
The Guardian
|December 15, 2025
Scientists working at a remote British research station in the Antarctic received a special delivery of a new Royal Mail postbox in time for Christmas - thanks to the king.
Kirsten Shaw, a station support assistant who runs the British Antarctic Territory post office at Rothera research station, wrote to the monarch asking for a replacement for the base's previous hand-painted replica box.
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