The Mailbox Contest

Like magic portals, the mailbox takes your mail and transports it to intended recipients all over the world! I recently got a new PO Box and am anxious to get mail in it, so I’m offering a contest to do just that.  Pictured below, PO Box 120052 is not quite as charming as some of the indoor or outdoor mailboxes I’ve seen, but still magical when you consider what appears inside.

Skip to the end of this post to read the contest prizes and entry instructions.

For that magical touch, there is nothing more magical than a visit to Disneyland. I saw this mailbox on my visit in 2010. What made this mailbox even more memorable, is that I had postcards and stamps with me so that I could stop to dash off a few postcards and send them on their way right from this very spot.

The picture below is from our visit to Cornwall in 2002 and is the Old Post Office in Tintagel, England. Tintagel is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur and a magical landscape in its own right on the Cornish coast. Unfortunately, the PO was closed on our visit so we didn’t get to go inside. I guess it’s a reason to go back.

This dolphin mailbox was spotted on a recent trip to Florida.

Saw this at the Minnesota State Fair 2011.

Somewhere in the US

Found this one on a golf course.

St. Paul in the winter of 2011

Purchased at a garage sale for $1.

Recently, I’ve seen other bloggers share their Post Office or mailbox experience, such as Write On in Yes, Virginia, There is a Post Office.

A Beautiful Post Office by Cappuccino and Art Journal offers many photos in her blog about this post office in Palo Alto, CA. I especially love the close-ups of the individual PO boxes with the old combination turn dials used to open the little doors.

Some of you may recall my three-part blog series on our visit to the National Postal Museum in 2010.

Mailbox Contest Prizes

There will be four winners who will get their choice of the following:

A. Ephemera Package (used stamps, vintage images, paper, stationery, photos)

B. Pencil Box filled with pens and pencils which are used but not worn.

C. Surprise Package (may include blank journal, note cards, stamps, other stationery themed items)

D. Set of Rubber stamps with cats or flowers (select one)

Please note on your entry which selection you would like (A, B,C or D). I’ll divide the entries into four drawings and randomly select one entry from each prize package.

Mailbox Contest Instructions

1. Mail a postcard or letter to Jackie Flaherty, PO Box 120052, St. Paul, MN 55112

2. Include a photo or drawing of a PO box or Mailbox for an added entry* (this is optional, but encouraged)

3. Designate which package you would like to win: A, B, C or D on your entry

4. Contest is open to all (inside/outside US)

5. Deadline to receive your entry is November 23, 2011. Winners will be randomly selected and announced between Nov 24-27

6. Include your mailing address so that I can mail the package to you.

*Photos and illustrations may be featured on a future blog, so you are giving permission for them to be published on Letters and Journals blog and website.

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World’s Smallest Post Office

Here is the story of Lea, inventor and owner of The World’s Smallest Post Office.

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