Changes in Japanese Mailbox (8/9)

Changes in Suspended Mailboxes

Plain wood suspended
mailbox Dark Green Suspended
Mailbox
Used at Itabashi post stop
With the establishment of
postal agencies in the latter
half of 1871, suspended
mailboxes were set up.
These suspended mailboxes
were made of unpainted wood
and were identified by the
words 'postal letter box' or
'mailbox.'
Reproduction
From about 1876 the plain
wood suspended mailboxes
came to be replaced by
suspended mailboxes
which were painted dark
green.

Suspended Wooden Mailbox
Painted With Transparent
Red Lacquer Red Iron Suspended
Mailbox
In 1888, a revision was
made which replaced the
dark green painted suspended
mailboxes with suspended
mailboxes which were painted
with transparent red lacquer.
The characters near the letter
drop were brush written with
sumi- ink. In 1908, a revision was passed
to change suspended mailboxes
from wood to iron painted red.


Used at Itabashi post stop With the establishment of postal agencies in the latter half of 1871, suspended mailboxes were set up. These suspended mailboxes were made of unpainted wood and were identified by the words 'postal letter box' or 'mailbox.'	Reproduction From about 1876 the plain wood suspended mailboxes came to be replaced by suspended mailboxes which were painted dark green.


In 1888, a revision was made which replaced the dark green painted suspended mailboxes with suspended mailboxes which were painted with transparent red lacquer. The characters near the letter drop were brush written with sumi- ink.	In 1908, a revision was passed to change suspended mailboxes from wood to iron painted red.