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The green post box, in various shapes and sizes, is a familiar sight on city streets and country roads throughout Ireland.
Introduced well over 150 years ago by the novelist, Anthony Trollope, who worked for the Post Office in Ireland for several years, the letter box is an instantly recognised symbol of the Post Office. The intention was to make it easier for people to post their letters and make it unnecessary for them to have to wait for a post office to open. The first boxes appeared on the streets of cities like Dublin, Belfast and Cork over 150 years ago and were subsequently introduced elsewhere. The big pillar boxes were soon joined by smaller boxes that fitted into walls and later by lamp boxes which were cheaper to make and could be attached to lamp and telegraph poles.
One particularly attractive box, the hexagonal-sided Penfold, caused complaints when it was introduced as letters could occasionally get stuck at the edges. The classic cylindrical shape did away with these problems, however. A great many old post boxes remain in use today and they bring an elegance to their localities that is often much appreciated.
Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882) was a remarkable man. As a Post Office official he was responsible for introducing the pillar box; and it was during his 18 years working for the Post Office in Ireland and at Drumsna, Co Leitrim in particular, that he wrote his very first novel ‘The McDermotts of Ballycloran’ and got much inspiration for characters in the 46 works that were to follow.
In 1855 the first pillar box arrived in Ireland. Ireland’s oldest post-box, The Ashworth box, is now housed in the National Museum at Collins’ Barracks.
29-8-2024 - Royal Mail, DAF CF-450 (PO69 ZHM - Fleet #LANA22).
Seen on the Southern Perimeter Road at Heathrow.
This is located on Connaugh Street at the Cabra Luas Tram stop.
Introduced well over 150 years ago by the novelist, Anthony Trollope, who worked for the Post Office in Ireland for several years, the letter box is an instantly recognised symbol of the Post Office. The intention was to make it easier for people to post their letters and make it unnecessary for them to have to wait for a post office to open. The first boxes appeared on the streets of cities such as Dublin, Belfast and Cork over 150 years ago and were subsequently introduced elsewhere.
Irish post boxes have symbolic value. Before Irish independence post boxes were red but one of the first acts of the new Irish Government was to order that green would be the new colour for Post Office letter boxes. Sometimes a bit of red paint still shows through. The symbols of the past – in the form of crowns and royal insignia – take their place alongside the signs of independence – Saorstát Eireann, P&T and, of course, An Post.
Read the full story on Grid Chicago about how the United States Postal Service mail carriers park their delivery vans in the bike lane.
(PO-657042) - These photos were taken by Tom Brewster on - 25 July 1996 & 3 May 2002 - Photos of the Monk Office Supplies Building, VICTORIA NORTH - RPO / RETAIL Postal Outlet - 657042 in the Monk Office Supplies Building, 3335 Oak Street, Victoria, British Columbia.
(26 August 1986) - Inside workers president Jean-Claude Parrot said a similar bias has kept Canada Post from opening up significant numbers of profitable new retail postal outlets, known as New Directions stores, to raise revenues and maintain services. Communications workers president Denis Gagnon said the latest round of cuts includes a 50-per-cent cut in staff assigned to process problem mail. Lloyd Johnston, head of the postmasters union, said a crisis has occurred in rural areas where 72 post offices have been closed to save money in the last six months. Carr said reversal of the trend toward group mail boxes is a major goal of the campaign because all Canadians living in areas where door-to-door service can be provided should be getting it. McGarry estimated it would cost $6 million a year at maximum to provide door-to-door delivery to the estimated 200,000 Canadians now being served by group boxes.
(9 September 1987) - Introducing Canada Post Retail Franchises. Canadians have changed their habits. They live, work and shop in different places and at different times of day than they did years ago. So Canada Post has done a thorough analysis of where Canadians need Post Offices. And when they want to use them. The results of our research have led us to develop our Retail Franchising Program. New retail postal outlets will go up in the very places you shop now. Grocery stores, book stores, drug stores, shopping malls and the like. What products are these new franchised outlets offering? Stamps, packages, Priority Post, registered letters, money orders, collector stamps, pre-packaged stamps, postal-related gift and novelty items and much more. In short, each offers you all the things you can how get at larger, traditional post offices, plus the benefits of the store they're in, including convenient locations, parking and longer hours. And each outlet observes strict security standards. So each franchise can safeguard your mail as thoroughly as our traditional post offices. Our first franchised outlets are already up and running in Toronto, Winnipeg and London. Our objective is to have 50 active franchises by year end. Over the next 10 years, the total number of postal outlets will increase from 12,000 to 18,000. Retail Franchising is just one of the immediate actions Canada Post is taking to live up to our commitment of better sen ice for you. CANADA POST CORPORATION Our commitment; better service for you. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-retail-postal-out...
(12 September 1990) - Post it at the Centre - www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-retail-postal-o...
(26 November 1991) - LINK to a newspaper article - Canada Post closure of popular mail outlet senseless - www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-postal-outlet-a...
Description: Officials are gathered to welcome the first Highway Post Office bus in Strasburg, Virginia on February 10, 1941. This bus traveled on a route between Washington, DC and Harrisonburg, Virginia. By the 1930s, a significant decline in railroad passenger traffic had caused a subsequent decline in the use of railway trains. To fill the void, the postal service transferred some en route distribution from trains to highway buses. This is the first Highway Post Office bus and is in the collection of the National Postal Museum.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Geography: USA
Date: 1941
Collection: U.S. Highway Post Office
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2006-79
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194331
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Christmas Mail
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09343
Call Number: LC-B2- 2215-5
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid
Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole. The city has almost 3.3 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the third-largest city in the European Union (EU), smaller than only London and Berlin, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU, smaller only than those of London and Paris. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).
Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The current mayor is Manuela Carmena from the party Ahora Madrid.
The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European Union and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Madrid is home to two world-famous football clubs, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. Due to its economic output, high standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the leading economic hub of the Iberian Peninsula and of Southern Europe. It hosts the head offices of the vast majority of major Spanish companies, such as Telefónica, IAG or Repsol. Madrid is also the 10th most liveable city in the world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2017 index.
Madrid houses the headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), belonging to the United Nations Organization (UN), the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), and the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB). It also hosts major international regulators and promoters of the Spanish language: the Standing Committee of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), the Cervantes Institute and the Foundation of Urgent Spanish (Fundéu BBVA). Madrid organises fairs such as FITUR, ARCO, SIMO TCI and the Madrid Fashion Week.
While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; a large number of national museums, and the Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which complements the holdings of the other two museums. Cibeles Palace and Fountain have become one of the monument symbols of the city.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele_Palace
Cybele Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Cibeles), formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (Palace of Communications) and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones (Palace of Telecommunications) until 2011, is a complex composed of two building with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid. The palace was built on one of the side of the Plaza de Cibeles in the Los Jerónimos neighbourhood (district of Retiro) and occupies about 30,000 m2 of what were the old gardens of the Buen Retiro. The choice of the site generated some controversy at the time for depriving Madrid of recreational space. The first stone of the building was laid in 1907. The building was officially opened on 14 March 1919 and began operating as a modern distribution centre for post, telegraphs and telephones. Following some architectural changes to the building’s exterior, such as the expansion of two floors the street and the pathway of Montalbán, it began to house municipal offices of the City of Madrid in 2007, moving it’s dependencies from the Case de la Villa (House of the Villa) and the Casa de Cisneros, which were both located in the Plaza de la Villa. This reform in the building from the early twenty-first century also included a cultural area called "CentroCentro".
The whole complex, from a Spanish architecture stance, is one of the first examples of modern architecture and most representative, to be build in the centre of Madrid, with its Neoplateresque façade and Baroque Salamanca evocations. The building was designed by the young Spanish architects Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi through a municipal competition to be the headquarters for the Society of Post and Telegraph of Spain. Palacios and Otamendi were also the consultants for the Bilbao Bridge, Madrid Casino and the San Sebastian Bridge. The Cybele Palace was the beginning of the brilliant career in construction for both architects. The decorative motifs of the façade and interior were made by the romantic sculptor Ángel García Díaz, a regular collaborator of Antonio Palacios. One of the design objectives was the construction of "a building for the public".
After their construction and due to the wear of normal operation, the buildings slowly started to show signs of the modifications made, which included alterations to improve the communication systems. Modifications were carried out in both buildings in the 1960s and were directed by Alejandro de la Sota. Antonio de Sala-Navarro and Reverter carried out further repairs and alterations between 1980 and 1992. The decline in the use of postal mail in the late twentieth century was gradually reducing the functions of the complex, and, as a result, it was losing its dominance. In 1993 it was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Asset of Cultural Interest) and classified in the ‘monument’ category. At the beginning of the 21st century it was incorporated into municipal patrimony and became a cultural centre and seat of the City Council of Madrid.
Description: In this photograph, an unidentified girl is trying to reach the top of a street collection mailbox in order to mail her letter.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1920
Collection: U.S. Postal Employees
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194291
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2006-39
Description: Some letter carriers chose bicycles to help speed their travel time. Here an unidentified carrier enjoys a moment of rest along his daily rounds.
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Culture: American
Geography: USA
Date: 1890
Collection: U.S. Postal Employees
Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194285
Repository: National Postal Museum
Accession number: A.2006-33
Ceremony in honor of Westlake Village's new zip code, 1967. Photograph by Ed Lawrence, Ed Lawrence Collection, Thousand Oaks Library Foundation, City of Thousand Oaks, Conejo Recreation and Park District, and California Lutheran University. Call # EL00363.
We’re happy to share this digital image on Flickr. Please note that this is a copyrighted image. For information regarding obtaining a reproduction of this image, please contact the Special Collections Librarian of the Thousand Oaks Library at specoll@tolibrary.org.
What risk assessment?
Anyone considered the risks caused by a letter/parcel i.e. from China, passing through the various postal services and being delivered by hand to the recipient by the postman/delivery-man including Amazon etc. Are they exempt from track and trace too ?! How many premises on their rounds etc., Just doesn't make any sense.
Poste italiane S.p.A., formerly a state-owned monopoly, after 1998 is a public company with total Italian government control: the only shareholder is the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. It is the biggest postal service of Italy, headquartered in Rome.
Besides providing core postal services, Gruppo Poste Italiane offers integrated products, as well as postal savings, communication, logistics and financial services in Italy.
The group offers a wide range of postal products, from express mail services to a broad selection of financial products.
Rome, Italy '13
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Bonhams : Den Hartogh Sale
Ford Museum
Hillegom
Netherlands
June 2018
Estimated : € 15.000 - 20.000
Sold for € 39.100
In 1929, Ford Motor Co. was offered a contract to produce vehicles for the US Postal Service. This resulted in the manufacturing of approximately 300 Postal Service vehicles by Ford during 1929 and 1930. The Postal Service had used vehicles before for residential delivery, but had not been satisfied with their reliability. With the introduction of the Model A Ford units, the Postal Service at last had a reliable delivery vehicle.
Bodies for the Model A delivery trucks were specially designed by the Postal Service and constructed in Ford's body building shops. The bodies were made of wood and mounted on the standard 103-inch-wheelbase Model A Commercial chassis, using the Ford's steel cowling and fenders. The standard Model A powertrain, a 40hp 4-cylinder L-head engine displacing 200.3 cubic inches (3,282.3cc) with three-speed manual transmission, was utilized for the Postal Service trucks.
Because their wood body construction did not weather well, few of the Model A Postal Service trucks have survived the ravages of time. It is estimated that fewer than 20 authentic examples remain today.
This Mailtruck has been nicely restored and finished in its correct dark olive-green paint with black hood and fenders. Documentation on file indicate that the truck came from the USA to the Netherlands in 1989. Exceedingly rare in the USA, let alone aboard, it is very likely that this is the only Mailtruck outside of the country of its birth.
Laxey and Lonan Heritage Trust is in the process of creating an historical exhibition of Manx Electric Railway artefacts associated with the former MER postal service which includes mail vans, interpretation boards and a line-side post box and waiting shelter.
For more photographs of the Manx Electric Railway please click here: www.jhluxton.com/Railways-and-Tramways/Isle-of-Man-Railwa...
Location: Westerville, Ohio
Title: The Daily Mail
Artist: Olive Nuhfer
Dated: 1937
Lots more of these here
Date: July 1, 1925
Object number: A.2009-12
Medium: paper; photo-emulsion
Description: US Postmaster General Harry S. New posed with airmail pilot James D. Hill and an unidentified military officer for the start of regularly scheduled transcontinental night and day airmail flights. New is shown presenting Hill with a ceremonial bundle of mail that was added to the cargo. As Hill prepared to take off from Hadley Field, New Jersey, hundreds of cars lined the field with their headlines on, adding their lights to those of the field for his take off shortly before 9 pm. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Place: United States of America
See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection
Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207510
Repository:National Postal Museum
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/260916
Local call number: TD00305B
Title: New scooters for mailmen in Tallahassee, Florida
Date: March 21, 1957
Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
Series Title: Tallahassee Democrat Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida
500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
On flickr you can find photos of just about everything and anything and I know there's a large collection of images of all things 'British'. There's lots of British icons out there and this is one of them, a wall mounted post box from the Victorian era in the village of Kirkby Green in Lincolnshire. All post boxes have an ID number, this one is LN4 34.
It's not often that shamrock is seen as a menace, but G.C. Cornwall is particularly exercised about the problems involved in posting our national symbol, in this notice issued from the G.P.O. in Dublin in the 1880s.
Date: 10 March 1880
NLI Ref.: EPH COM/1880-90/2
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland
The post office has gotten its money's worth with this old Chevrolet van, which I estimate to be 10-12 years old.
Royal Mail have decorated some post boxes for the festive season, such as this one across the road from the Albert Square Christmas Markets
Mack truck of MAT Express, delivering the U.S. Mail to San Diego Airport. The green & white trailer is formerly of Burlington Air Express.