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I know not a tank but any pics of Mailboxes?
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 12:23 AM UTC
Any pics of Russian mailboxes circa WW 2 layig around anywhere?

Thanks
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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 03:06 AM UTC
I tried googling "russian postbox" and got quite a few images.

it's one of those US/UK things - we post our letters in postboxes!!!

hope that helps

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Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010 - 03:52 AM UTC
Here's one that should be OK for WW2 (minus the rectangular dark blue sticker )...But maybe one of our Russian members can confirm this



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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 01:03 AM UTC
Thanks Frenchy and Rob.

But was thinking more in line with a wood one.

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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 07:13 AM UTC
Jeff
According to this website http://www.russianpost.ru/museums/ru/home/istoriy the first russian post boxes were indeed made of wood (they appeared in 1848) but as these boxes were lightweight and easy to steal, they were replaced with heavy cast iron ones (up to 45kg) and then with standardized iron ones with a bottom opening in 1910.

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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 06:54 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Here's one that should be OK for WW2 (minus the rectangular dark blue sticker )..

This one is the late USSR version.
An example of the ww2-era postbox. I made these photos in The Museum of Leningrad Defence and Blockade

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Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 07:05 PM UTC
I stand corrected Dmitry Thanks for the pics.

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Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 12:53 AM UTC

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Quoted Text

Here's one that should be OK for WW2 (minus the rectangular dark blue sticker )..

This one is the late USSR version.
An example of the ww2-era postbox. I made these photos in The Museum of Leningrad Defence and Blockade



Great pic saved of cause but looking for a rural one out in the boondocks.

Attached to a fence.

Any exist?

Thanks for that pic.

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Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 01:20 AM UTC
Here's one on a gulag camp wall. Maybe Dmitry could tell us if it's OK for a WW2 era one



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Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 04:59 PM UTC
the GULAG version probably has an open bottom!
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Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 06:10 PM UTC

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the GULAG version probably has an open bottom!




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