Kaj Halberg - writer & photographer
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Mail services
Around the world, post offices, mailboxes, and letter boxes come in a vast number of appearances. Below, a selection is shown, arranged alphabetically according to country.
Belgium
Various types of letter slots, Brugge. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This letter box in Brugge is almost covered in stickers. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Chile
This mailbox in the town of San Pedro de Atacama has been placed near an ancient Peruvian peppertree (Schinus molle). This species is described on the page Plants: Flora in Chile. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Denmark
This letter box in the town of Gudhjem, Bornholm, is indeed worn, but has nevertheless been adorned with small figures and rocks. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Another much-used letter box in Gudhjem. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Presumably, this letter box, observed in eastern Funen, was bought in France. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, shaped as a house, Hornsherred, northern Zealand. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, Lyø, south of Funen. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This rather inefficient mailbox in central Jutland was probably destroyed by vandals, having New Year ‘fun’. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Estonia
The entrance to this post office in the town of Lihula is a worn, but still beautiful wooden door. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
France
Letter boxes, Brittany. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter boxes with the local flag of Brittany, Rochefort en Terre (top), and Pont L’Abbé. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Many stickers have been applied to this mailbox, and the mail service has obviously tried to remove them, Quimper, Brittany. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter boxes, overgrown by algae, Rochefort en Terre, Brittany. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Germany
Letter box, designed as a cow, Bühlertal, Black Forest. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Postmen, beware! – This sign in Bühlertal reads as follows: “Watch out! Free-running dog. Postman 5, Burglars 3, Cats 6.” (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Greece
Mailbox, Greek style, Rodopos Peninsula, Crete. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letterbox, Crete. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
More or less effective letterboxes, Crete. The plant in the bottom picture is ivy (Hedera helix). (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
It seems that the owner of this letterbox in Crete dislikes mail. The box has no bottom! (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This dilapidated door in the city of Rethymno, Crete, also functions as a letter box. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
India
A tiny post-office-cum-radio-shop in the town of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This post office in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, has been established in a gorgeous old Maharaja-style building, but unfortunately it is disfigured by an ugly shed, which blocks part of the entrance. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Mailbox, placed on a hook among puppets, which are displayed for sale, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This mailbox in Annamalai National Park, Tamil Nadu, has been tied with a string around a stilt root of a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis). (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Italy
Letter box, Ragusa, Sicily. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, Cefalú, Sicily. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Well used, but still functionable letter box, Ragusa, Sicily. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
It seems that these pamphlets have no interest for the owner of this letter box. – Cefalú, Sicily. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Myanmar
This mailbox in Bagan displays examples of the beautiful alphabet of Myanmar. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
New Zealand
Old-fashioned mailbox, Lake Tikitapu (‘Blue Lake’), North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
A modern plastic letter box, and a homemade one, made from materials at hand, both near Trouson Kauri Park, North Island. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
At a farm near Kakatahi, North Island, letters are delivered in an old iron drum. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Various letter boxes, and a discarded micro-wave oven for parcels, Whatuwhiwhi, Doubtless Bay, Karikari Peninsula, North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, placed on a bus stop shed, near Raetihi, North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Two letter boxes, shaped like houses, Ohakune, North Island. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
In this picture, I am standing at a very solid letter box, between Raetihi and Ore-Ore, North Island. (Photo Judy Chiang, copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, built as a wooden cabin, Kakatahi, North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Lichen-covered letter box at Kai Iwi Beach, North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Letter box, shaped as a car, New Plymouth, North Island. The side windows, which consist of rubber flaps, can be opened. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
The logo of Yeti Tours is repeated on this letter box in Ohakune, North Island. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Spain
Letter box on a concrete pillar, Barranco de Guayadeque, Gran Canaria. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This letter box has been re-enforced with a piece of wire, near Vega de Acusa, Gran Canaria. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese mail man, anno 1974, near Panadura. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Sweden
Swedish uniformity: Letter boxes in an area of vacation homes, Öland. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
As a contrast, these letter boxes are not at all uniform, Glömminge, Öland. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Decorated letter boxes, Pataholm, south of Oscarshamn, Småland. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Another painted letter box in the village of Ryd, Öland. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Yet another nicely decorated letter box, Glömminge, Öland. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Taiwan
These fine letter boxes were observed in Taichung. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Snoopy, sleeping on the roof of his house, Taichung. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Artsy letterbox, Tunghai University Park, Taichung. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
These letter boxes in Taichung have seen better days. (Photos copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Ornate letter box with lamp and wire with light bulbs, Taichung. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This letter box is adorned with flowers, a butterfly, and a bee, Taichung. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
This mailbox in the city of Tainan is divided into a green part for ordinary mail, red for prompt delivery. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
It seems that these commercial leaflets, which have been stuck into letter boxes in Taichung, are not of much interest to the residents. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Turkey
Only a person possessing Herculean strength would be able to abduct this extremely solid mailbox in Istanbul! (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
United Arab Emirates
This old-fashioned mailbox contrasts sharply with a modern glass-and-concrete building in the city of Dubai. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
United States
A bewildering array of letter boxes in the Santa Rosa Mountains, California. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Odd-one-out. – Letter boxes near Lorane, Oregon. Maybe the owner of the slanting one has moved away? (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Vietnam
A well-used letter box, Hanoi. Literally, thù báo means ‘envelope’. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
Wales
This mailbox in the town of Bethesda, Gwynedd, is not easy to carry off, being built into a stone wall. (Photo copyright © by Kaj Halberg)
(Uploaded January 2018)
(Latest update August 2024)