The box in Belfast's York Street is also the first of 600 new solar powered parcel postboxes being introduced across the UK.

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Royal Mail's iconic red postboxes have undergone the biggest redesign in its 175-year history - including solar panels and scanners so they now accept parcels. The postal service today (27th August) ...