Mailbox

A mailbox is a facility introduced in the 19th century for storing mail . It can function of sending of mail ( mail box have), but also the acceptance of mail ( letter box , mailbox and period mailbox ), sometimes combined. Furthermore, letters can be posted at the letter station and at a post buoy .

The parcel machines , Packstation , Post.24 station and Post 24/7 station, if this has a Packstation, form a mixture of delivery and receipt . The Tote Mailbox is also a mixture .

Stand mailbox in Mons, Belgium

Post boxes in the USA, California

and display information about the image

44 private house mailboxes and a mailbox of the Swedish Post (far right) on Helgö (Mälaren)

literature

• Manual dictionary of the postal system , published by the Federal Ministry for the postal and telecommunications system
  • 2nd completely revised edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1953
  • 3rd completely revised edition, 1st volume A – F, Berlin, 1971
• NN: A wonderful facility - 185 years of mailboxes in Germany . In: Mint never hinged - Das Philatelie-Journal. September / October 2009, p. 30f.
• Manfred Stephan: You can see numerous boxes hanging - a brief cultural history of German mailboxes. Berlin 1989. ISBN 3-344-00163-9 .

See also

• The yellow mailbox postal magazine
• Dead mailbox , message hiding place
• Post Box (Sinclair Street)
• White mailbox

Web links

Commons : Mailbox  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Mailbox  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations