Hi folks - it's as easy as it sounds... post a few pics of your city's mail boxes and a little information about them and the service...

I'll start with Copenhagen's

http://i6.tinypic.com/67p0m0z.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/4mtub80.jpg

They are red and one box goes for all sorts, be that city, country or the rest of the world...

With in the mainland a 99%+ of the letters will be delivered the next day.. on Greenland and the Faroes it might take a day extra depending on when the letter is posted and from where..

The postal service ships 99% of mail to foreign countries the same day, but the resieving country will ofcause also have to process it so expect atleast 2 days ( 3+ if outside the EU depending on the nations rules and service time )


The Danish boxes are easy to use.. you simply drop the letter in them.. they are, depending on their location and usage, emptied a couple times a day and will normally have a dead-line at around 18:00-20:00 after that point the letter will first be picked up the day after...
There's an infomation board on all boxes with the times and information regarding that single unit on each box - so confision should be kept to a minimum..


Well that's pretty much it for my fair city - now it's your turn! :)

NL: http://www.ascentie.dds.nl/brievenbus-3.jpg

Portugal :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/344459070_bf7f454678.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/452590742_8e1c0868f0.jpg?v=0

Spain

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/268390339_8c851e77b3.jpg?v=0
http://l.yimg.com/www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif

Estonia doesnt have many mailboxes anymore...
We tend to use e-mails.

^^Damn psydorussians....:)

Estonia doesnt have many mailboxes anymore...
We tend to use e-mails.
Many USAians place their outgoing mail into their regular road/streetside mailboxes for pickup. Just turn the little red flag up and it will go in the next dispatch. If their mailbox is on the house, they'll place it by the box so the carrier will see it.

That said, there are still plenty of those familiar blue boxes scattered around here, too.

Mike

Many USAians place their outgoing mail into their regular road/streetside mailboxes for pickup. Just turn the little red flag up and it will go in the next dispatch. If their mailbox is on the house, they'll place it by the box so the carrier will see it.

That said, there are still plenty of those familiar blue boxes scattered around here, too.

Mike

You know hes talking about the country of estonia not asian.

^^ I think he meant Americans...

Anyway, for our area, we have generic blue USPS boxes. One design is for walk-up and another design for drive-thru style

HK

http://www.ied.edu.hk/eo/support/Images/Mail%20Box.jpg

We also had the British style mainboxes especially before the handover

The standard Hong Kong standalone mailbox on the street is green. They used to be red under colonial times.

^^ I think he meant Americans...

Anyway, for our area, we have generic blue USPS boxes. One design is for walk-up and another design for drive-thru style
Yea, I often say 'USAian' to differentiate something in or of the USA from elsewhere in the Americas. When it comes down to it, the term 'American' is not quite accurate for that use.

Also, yea, there are lots of those familiar blue USPS boxes around here, too, but not as many as there were a couple of decades ago.

Mike

Sadly, unlike the UK which has preserved most of their georgous old red post boxes, here in Germany, the majority are more plain contemporary models.

These photos are not just Frankfurt, but around the country.

Firstly, some of the fine traditional models still to be found.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Briefkasten_idstein_fg01.jpg/469px-Briefkasten_idstein_fg01.jpg

http://www.christinat.ch/charles_new/bilder/ostseeradweg/tag2_schloss_gluecksburg_briefkasten.jpg

Also in the current colour of Yellow.
http://www.gerd-friedrich.de/fotos/querbeet2004/pic/20briefkasten.jpg

How the more modern models look.
http://www.surf2learn.org/funktionell/00003_telefonzelle_briefkasten.jpg

http://www.tetti.de/bilder/gelbanlage-20040718-05655.jpg

^^
I think I know which one i prefer:D

This is the german mail box of Hannover :scouserd:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/9/95/Expo2000-Briefkasten.jpg/469px-Expo2000-Briefkasten.jpg

http://www.thomsit.de/profi/img/03_Expo_2_c.JPG

http://www.expo2000.de/expo2000/tn/images/tn/base/100138101.jpg

I've seen a horn or something like it in a lot of post boxes in central and Eastern Europe, why is that?

People didn't write but sang their letters!

I've seen a horn or something like it in a lot of post boxes in central and Eastern Europe, why is that?Without knowing I would guess that it's a leftover from the old days where the mail would be delived by horsemen who would use a horn to signal that it's mail time when they arrived at small cities and villages... not sure though.. :dunno:

^^true...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn

Woohooo - what do I win? :happy:

http://z.about.com/d/geography/1/0/y/F/mailbox.JPG

A Mexican mailbox, this one in Mexico City...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/417619980_d2148122a4.jpg

hey there,couldn't find any decent pictures on the net,but this is how mailboxes in Greece look like:

http://www.wrkshy.net/wrkshyblog/europe-mykonos-postbox.jpg

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/80/62/1826280-thumb.jpg

http://www.kalamicorfu.com/assets/images/post_box.jpg

anyway,you get the point:)

btw i love these kind of threads,nice one MrDENMARK!

Nice thread!!

Well heres a picture of some Mexican Mail Boxes and i will also show you some picturs of the beautiful Main General Post Office in Mexico City.


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1077/417619977918ce990ebad1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2991/mailmw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5074/71876679ba796f9a8bmh7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6227/corroeff5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/1346/4891176211fab74fd38ve8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4229/114001969b8a6ba79ebkg8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-07-08

There is the world's deepest post.
I arrive properly.
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5253/77751641fw1.jpg

Australian mailboxes. Older style:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Australian-old-postbox.jpg

Newer style ( red is for regular mail, yellow for express post):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Australia_Post_boxes.jpg/800px-Australia_Post_boxes.jpg

Some of the postboxes from Ireland:- :nocrook:

http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/AAB1435.jpg
[image from worldofstock.com]

http://www.photopol.com/signs/postbox_edvii.jpg
[image from photopol.com]

http://www.invectis.co.uk/cork/telefon.jpg
[image & infos from investis.co.uk]

http://www.photopol.com/signs/postbox_edvii.jpg
This Edwardian postbox is situated at the corner of Merrion Square, directly opposite the Irish Parliament.
[image & infos from photopol.com]
http://www.photopol.com/signs/postbox_vic.jpg
Victorian postbox on Killiney Hill Road in County Dublin.
[image & infos from photopol.com]

http://www.photopol.com/signs/postbox_gr.jpg
Georgian postbox, at the junction of Charlemont Road and Howth Road in Clontarf, completes the hattrick and leaves us with a full set of pre-independence royal crested British postboxes.
[image & infos from photopol.com]

The "embossment" on the postboxes [images from photopol.com]

http://www.photopol.com/signs/logo_vic.jpg
VICTORIA 1837-1901
http://www.photopol.com/signs/logo_edvii.jpg
EDWARD VII 1901-1910
http://www.photopol.com/signs/logo_gr.jpg
GEORGE V 1910-1927
http://www.photopol.com/signs/logo_p7t.jpg
DEPT P+T 1927-1984
http://www.photopol.com/signs/logo_anpost.jpg
AN POST 1984 - NOW

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Italy:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/174611895_a2a196ad80.jpg?v=0

Vatican:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/89559054_2dde1b1386.jpg?v=0

IN San Diego
http://www.tableandhome.com/prodimages/57412.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m236/vrysxy/mailbox.jpg

cities people, not countries! :bash: Anyway, this is like in the Portugal city.

keep in mind, this is citytalk!!

In the US we dont have our own mailbox, is the same for everycity..

here too. :|

Same here...so what a stupid comment you made PG:hammer:

Same here...so what a stupid comment you made PG:hammer:
:hahaha:

Star Wars R2-D2 Mailbox (US)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2139/6423451901992b2b005yv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

that's a cool design.

Britain

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/442235091_85840ece32_b.jpg

I found this star wars mail box in NYC:

http://www.erebe.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/r2d2_4.jpg

All of Canada uses this type of mailbox.

http://lesfaussesnotes.com/luct/photos/2007/04/20070401.jpg