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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds".
This is commonly misidentified as the creed of our mail carriers, but actually it is just the inscription found on the General Post Office in New York City at 8th Avenue and 33rd Street.
This old mailbox was abandoned because of the new Postal mail service regulations. If your mailbox was too close to the road, it was dangerous for the post-man. So they build little community boxes along our country roads for those who's box was too close. About half the mailboxes are ok. Some people have just left them there...abandoned.
This and other Rusty Mailboxes may be found in the Flickr group: Rusty Mailboxes
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This mailbox is a scale model of its owner's house. Unfortunately, I didn't get a shot of the real house.