A World of Mailboxes

Pictures of mailboxes, mail slots, and mail-box-themed items from around the world

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Toronto’s First Post Office; 260 Adelaide Street E Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Built in 1833. Not only is it a museum, but it is also a full-service Canada Post post office, with its own special postmark.

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A small-town post office in Woodburn, Oregon, 97071. Photos from April 24, 2017

There were some interesting signs in this PO, like a mail drop slot “For X-Rays Only” (never seen that before, I guess Woodburnians mail a lot of X-Rays?), and a helpful mythbusting sign near the entrance that says “Myth: the Postal Service wastes taxpayer dollars. Fact: We have not received taxpayer subsidies for operations since 1982.”

And I love this PSA on the bulletin board. “Drugs by mail will land you in jail!” So do your illegal drug mailing with FedEx, or the Postal Inspector will arrest you.

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Mailbox in the Portland Pearl District, July 29th 2016

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Another blue mail collection box in downtown Portland, December 13 2015

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A postbox in the rain outside one of downtown Portland's post offices, Sunday, December 13th 2015

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USPS Post Office, November 27, 2015. Waterfront Station, Portland, Oregon, 97204

This is the new post office, and the one closest to me. It is located at the corner of SW 1st and SW Madison Streets in downtown Portland.

From top:

The glass exterior and main entrance door.

Interior entrance to the retail counter area, and sign identifying the post office.

Interior (left) and exterior (right) views of the long corridor where the post office boxes are.

(Left) package and letter drop boxes in the wall of the lobby; (right) some additional PO boxes, the wall drop boxes again.

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Red mailbox in Singapore, September 2015.

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Mailbox in Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa November 2014

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November 27, 2015: Mail collection box in the wall at the Denver International Airport (DEN), next to gate B37.

Denver airport mail services [LINK]

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Blue mail collection box and gray-green relay mail box at the corner of SW 3rd and SW Yamhill Streets, Portland, Oregon; across from the Microsoft store.

Photo taken October 28, 2015.

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Cutler mail chute inside the Willamette Building, 535 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Top photo:  main letterbox in ground-floor lobby; bottom photo: chute for depositing letters on the 8th floor.

Pictures taken October 28, 2015.

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Two angles of USPS mail collection box in the Chicago O’Hare airport, October 14, 2015. This box is located in the B Terminal next to a Starbucks and has a “Andre the Giant has a posse” sticker on the side.

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US Mail, UPS, and Fedex collection boxes, October 15, 2015, at the Harrisburg International Airport (MDT). Boxes are located just before security screening, next to the toilets.

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UPS box, priority mail collection box, and regular USPS collection box; at the intersection of Chambers Hill Road and Penhar Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17111. October 13, 2015.

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Two collection boxes, one relay mailbox, and a USPS mail truck on the southwest corner of Arch Street & North 21st Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Photo taken the evening of October 10, 2015, around 6:30 pm.

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Mail collection box & relay mailbox on the southeast corner of Arch St and NW 20th Ave in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. October 10, 2015, approximately 6:30pm.

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Mail collection box at the corner of 19th and Market Streets in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; October 10, 2015.