What does 📮 Postbox mean?
A public postbox, the street mailbox where you drop letters to be sent. It is used for posting letters and parcels, postcards, pen pal exchanges and anything sent by mail. In places with red postboxes, such as the United Kingdom and Japan, it feels especially familiar. People also use it for sending something figuratively, like submitting an application or dropping off a message.
📮 Postbox is an emoji from the Objects category (mail), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about mail and mailbox.
Example messages
📮 Postbox on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Postbox looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Postbox emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 📮 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :postbox:.
When was the Postbox emoji added?
📮 Postbox was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 📮 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Postbox. The underlying code (U+1F4EE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.