From boat to dock ‘mail boat jumpers’ deliver the mail. If you live on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin, USA you could have your mail delivered by a ‘mail boat jumper.’ It is exactly as it sounds. A mail boat jumper delivers the mail by jumping from the Walworth, a U.S. Mailboat to the dock, pops […]
How does a town with no house numbers receive mail?
How does a town with no house numbers receive the mail? Having just got back from Carmel, California I had to share a most interesting discovery I made while there. This is a town where the buildings and homes have no street numbers. I am directionally challenged at the best of times, just imagine me […]
What was in my mailbox this week. No. 11
What was in my mailbox this week. No. 11. A frequent question that comes my way is, “How many people do you exchange letters with?” To be honest I’ve never counted. In this latest installment of what was in my mailbox this week are some photos of my mail. The picture above shows those letters that […]
Summer Postcards
Summer postcards If ever there was a time for postcards, it is summer time. Brief snapshots from a road trip, or a quick ‘hello’ from the cottage, summer postcards capture the memories. And when they are vintage postcards they give us a glimpse into the past. Notice in the postcard above from 1958, when Gary […]