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Here is an image of an engraved "Europa" stamp depicting an 1845 letter box from Spalentor, Basel, issued by Switzerland on April 30, 1979, Scott No. 675. - nethryk  |
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fifia - Thanks. Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting an antique letter box, issued by Spain on March 7, 1997 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 2880. - nethryk  |
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Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting a 1900 postman collecting mail from a columnar mailbox near the Dufayel Department Store in Paris, along with a fashionably-dressed couple about to mail a letter in the background, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by France on April 8, 1978 for Stamp Day, Scott No. B511, Y&T No. 2004. - nethryk  |
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Bronze lion's head mailbox, engraved by Juan Carlos Heras Vicario, and issued by Spain on March 9, 1995 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 2806, Edifil No. 3346. - nethryk  |
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here is a stamp sheet of India issued in 2005 showing mail boxes from the Victorian era to modern day mail boxes. Also can see the uniforms of postal employee in the past and present.  |
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Odd. Could have sworn I saw this Aussie outback mailbox on here. Oh well, here it is.  |
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Hi: I remember this kind of mailbox when I was a child. Sending my wishing letters to Santa.....  I like the first day cover also:   Regards, José  |
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Voyager - Thanks. I'm glad you enjoy the special beauty of intaglio engraved stamps too. Here is an image of another stamp depicting a fancy antique mailbox, used in Madrid in 1908, combined engraved by Antonino Sánchez Gutiérrez and lithogravure, and issued by Spain on March 12, 1993 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 2699, Edifil No. 3243. - nethryk  |
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