MAILBOXES · POST BOXES: historic mailboxes

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18 July 2021

TOGO. Postage stamp (1979)

TOGO.

A Parisian mailbox from 1850.

Stamp issued on 27.08.1979.

(Michel Catalog Nº 1370. - Yvert & Tellier Catalog Nº 953.)

ITALY. Postage stamp (1976)

ITALY.

Buca delle lettere del XIX secolo del tipo "bocca di leone" o "testa di leone" (nella Repubblica di Venezia si conoscevano anche come "bocche della verità).

Mailbox of the nineteenth century type "lion's mouth" or "lion's head" (in the Republic of Venice they were also known as "mouths of truth).

Stamp issued on 14.10.1976.

(Sassone e Unificato Catalogs Nº 1346. - Michel Catalog Nº 1543. - Yvert & Tellier Catalog Nº 1275.)

28 August 2019

KOREA. Stamps issued in 1984

KOREA.
Mail stamps issued in 1984.
They represent an old mailbox and a modern mailbox.

MALDIVES. Mail stamp issued in 1979

MALDIVES.
Postage stamp issued in 1979.
It represents the first mailbox that was installed in London in 1855.

27 August 2019

AUSTRALIA. Historic posting box (ca. 1900). Stamp issued in 1980

AUSTRALIA
Historic posting box (ca. 1900)

Mail stamp issued by Australian Post in 1980.

PARIS, France. Musée de la poste. Postcard

PARIS, France.
Musée de la Poste.
21, avenue du Maine.

Boîte aux lettres type Dejoie de 1962.

24 December 2015

BELGIUM

BELGIUM
Stamp issued in 1915 to commemorate the centennial of Sainte-Adresse government.

During World War I, Sainte-Adresse (Haute-Normandie, France) was the administrative capital of Belgium. The Belgian government in exile was installed from October 1914 to November 1918 in the Dufayel building, named after the businessman who had built it in 1911. It had at its disposal a post office using Belgian postage stamps.

(Thanks to Johan)

28 August 2015

POZNAŃ (Polska / Poland). Mailbox during the German occupation in World War II

POZNAŃ (Polska / Poland).
Mailbox during the German occupation in World War II (1939).

Source: Gesperrter polnischer Briefkasten Aus Posen. Ehemaliger polnischer Briefkasten.
Fot. Ho. 31.10.39 2815-39.

30 March 2015

LIÈGE (Belgique). Expo 14-18 (2014-2015)

LIÈGE (Belgique)
Expo 14-18 (2014-2015)

Boîte aux lettres utilisée pendant la Grande Guerre.

03 September 2013

AUSTRALIA. Early posting box (stamp of 2009)

AUSTRALIA
Historic posting box in a stamp issued in 2009.

Source: Perth Mint Australia (http://www.perthmint.com.au)

26 May 2013

LUCIGNANO (Arezzo), Italy

LUCIGNANO (Arezzo), Italy.

Buca delle lettere datata 1719, collocata nella facciata del Palazzo Comunale.
Postbox dated 1719, located in front of the Town Hall.

Source: Roberto Monticini, “Lucignano… la storia postale”, in Quaderni Lucignanesi, Nº 5 (10.2003).

24 May 2013

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.
Antiguo buzón de correos de hierro colado, segunda década del siglo XX.
Cast iron old mailbox, second decade of the twentieth century.

Museo del Palacio de Correos de San Luis Potosí.

12 May 2013

VENICE, Italy

VENICE, Italy.
Antica buca per le lettere del tipo "Bocca di Leone".
"Bocca di Leone" old mailbox.

10 May 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina.

Modelo de buzón pilar de 1865.

Source: "Historia de los buzones en Argentina", Buzonela.weebly.com.