Mailboxes On Stamps!

Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Philakorea 84 International Stamp Exhibition, Seoul and Centenary
of Korean Postal Service
10 February 1984

Old postal emblem and Post Box


Modern Postal emblem and post Box


Actual post box (taken in Haemi, Chunchongnamdo, circa 2003)

Republic of Cyprus
Europa - postal vehicles
2nd May 2013
Stamp booklet




Actual post boxes, in Limassol

Czech Republic
200 Years of Letter Boxes
October 4, 2017
The design shows three historical mailboxes.

This label promoting Berlin's 1928 "Youth Friendly Stamp Show" features a young child posting mail in a letter box. The proof (on left) is printed on thinner paper and features a sharper image, which probably cannot be discerned from this scan.

Pillar boxes from around the world are frequently shown on this thread. Here is one from Mauritius's 1996 "postal service" set.

Republic of China (Taiwan)
120th Anniversary of Chinese Postal Service
March 20, 2016
The minisheet shows stylized mailboxes and tools for mail transportation and delivery.

"The First Letter Box in London, 1855," printed by lithography, and issued by Maldive Islands on February 28, 1979 as one of five stamps in a set commemorating the centenary of the death of Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), Scott No. 796.

- nethyrk

There is no country name on this stamp, but the logo in the lower right corner indicates that it is an emission of New Zealand Post.

This type of stamp is known as a Customised Advertising Label (CAL). These are personalised stamps produced by NZ Post, and for use locally or on overseas mail. This one was issued in 2012.

Thanks 22crows. The NZ Post website was not clear about this, from what I could see.

Greece
190th Anniversary of the Hellenic Postal Service
October 9, 2018
The stamp set features historic and modern mailboxes.

Croatia
Stamp Day
September 9, 2006
The stamp features a wall-mounted mailbox.

Australia
2009 The 200th Anniversary of the Australian Post
March 25, 2009
Set of ten, two stamps show an early mailbox and express mailbox.

Philately and the Letter Box: Please be aware that earlier this year I produced a fourth edition of my handbook on this topic (as promised in this thread back in 2013). It consists of a 1,780 page multi-section set covering the theme of letter box philatelic material through to the end of 2017.

Download it for FREE from www.stampprinters.info/plb4.htm as part of my contribution to the literature of philately.

Separately, I have also produced in conjunction with my co-writer Graham Wilson...
British Stamp Exhibitions: This three volume set consists of 1,730 pages, 3,047 colour scans and lists 7,819 British stamp exhibition souvenirs to the end of 2017.

Download it for FREE from www.stampprinters.info/bse4.htm

Spain
Stamp Day
March 2, 2001
The design shows the first mailbox (1793) in Spain (Mayorga de Campos, Valladolid province).