For more than a hundred years, the mail in Spreewald, Germany, has been delivered by boat in the summer months. Homes in the marshy land are linked by eight kilometers of channels, of which there are more than 200. The postal carriers have always been punters; no motors are used on the boats, even today. [...]
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Post by Boat in Spreewald
Posted in Mail, Postal History, Postcards on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Russian Postman, 1903
Posted in Mail, Postal History, Postcards on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
And is that not the most uncomfortable mail bag you’ve ever seen?
The Postman’s Life Is Not an Easy Life
Posted in Art, Photography, Postal History, Postcards on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Three Postmen
Posted in Art, Mail, Postal History, Postcards on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rural Delivery, Norway
Posted in Art, Mail, Postal History, Postcards on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Mail by Rail
Posted in Art, Mail, Postal History on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
1924, from the series know generally as Ralph of the Roundhouse or Ralph the Railroad Boy
Wallace Sings!
Posted in Art, Postal History on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Wallace & Gromit Christmas stamp, signed by Nick Park, sold for £ 377 on eBay, to benefit charity.
The Postman
Posted in Art, Mail, Postal History, Postcards on December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Postcard by Francisco Sancha y Lengo (1874-1936)
Donkey Post
Posted in Mail, Postal History, Postcards on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The village of Clovelly, Devon, grew in the cleft of a 400-foot cliff, and to this day, donkeys are used to bring items up the steep hillside. This 1937 postcard shows two postmen and a co-worker, ready to make their rounds.
Mail on Wheels
Posted in Dogs, Mail, Postal History, Postcards on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
England, 1910 USA, circa 1915
