Following a
post
from last year about the declining number of telephone booths and postal boxes,
particularly in the United Kingdom, I found some more examples. This time the condition
of each seems more aesthetic than functional. In both Stockholm and Malmö I
came across these Rikstelefon booths (neither actually had telephones in them).
The booths were located in the old town sections of each of the respective
cities.
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| Stockholm |
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| Malmo |
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| Moate |
Additionally, in Moate, Ireland,
I found this Victorian era mail slot that was no longer in use. My journeys
also took me to the Postal Museum in Stockholm, where I observed several
interesting specimens of postal history. In one room a quote about stamp
collecting from Charles J. Phillips was painted on the wall: “The King of
Hobbies and the Hobby of Kings” (1936). Given the decline in mailed letters and
letter writing, and the use of personalized stamps, it seems doubtful whether
philatelic pursuits would be popular in the future.
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