This building is currently the Rectorate of the University of Malaga (Spain), but it was build in 1916-1926 as a main post office. Can you spot the envelope?
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And this silver postbox belongs also to the postal history of Malaga. I took the picture in the Museo Aeronáutico de Málaga, where I learned that the first air mail line that connected Europe and Africa had a stop in Malaga, in order to refuel. Actually, between Toulouse and Casablanca, the planes had to refuel four times: Barcelona, Alacant, Malaga and Rabat. So Malaga was one the first Spanish cities that enjoyed the high speed of the airmail, and it had to be posted in this special boxes.
Great post and photos about Malaga's postal history, thank you, Eva!
ReplyDeleteAnd a fascinating history about the silver pillar postbox.
I found these spots mostly by chance. I had never seen one of those silver pillar postboxes in person; they were mythical to me until I found this one (not in use any more, of course).
DeleteI think it is a nice way to discover a city.Should I open a sort of Postal Travel Agency? :D
Love the silver pillar box. For a short while the UK tried a few Air Mail boxes (painted blue) but the experiment failed.
ReplyDeleteI don't know for how long these pillar boxes existed, but I thinkthey disappeared long time ago. Today there is too much air mail!
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