Like a wayside shrine to the gods of the postal system

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 7, 2020 at 5:13pm

A reprint in 2011 of the first Greek postage stamp of 1861:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2020 at 8:30am

Back to our Postal Friend ...Hermes:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 9, 2020 at 8:11am

That "postal horn" is everywhere...

here as a symbol for German Post:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 7, 2020 at 10:29am

Yes, res, the Greek "post man" in the ol' days did not knock twice,

he "blew his horn" to say "You have Mail"!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 7, 2020 at 8:51am

See Hermes (Mercury)w ith the Greek mailman?

Comment by Richard Canard on January 16, 2020 at 4:18pm

The perfect mailbox???  ...the one that's relatively convenient & well serviced by the post office---fortunately that is the norm for most of us. 

Comment by Bonniediva on January 16, 2020 at 3:13pm

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2020 at 2:39pm

Some mail boxes have "wings"...of an Eagle :-)

You can see Alan's photo and many photos of MAIL boxes,

add a few of your own, at the group:

Post boxes

Comment by Bonniediva on January 16, 2020 at 2:24pm

I love it! It's like an American "She Shed," but for mail! It's so serene. Send me mail! Bonniediva

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2020 at 2:14pm

Hermes (Mercury) appears on the yellow Greek "letterboxes" 

(they are MAIL boxes, for Mail Art, right ? )

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