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Sealand is perhaps the best known and most persistent micronation. It was created, first as a pirate radio station, and then as a state, by Paddy Roy Bates.
stamps

The Joy of Collecting Stamps From Countries That Don't Really Exist

"Bogus Cinderellas" can come from micronations, outer space, or parallel dimensions.
Winnie Lee February 6, 2020
The Old Mission General Store on a sunny day.
Traverse City, Michigan

Old Mission General Store

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.
Center of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland

'Center of Edinburgh' Bollard

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.
The porron featured prominently on these pages.
postal

For Sale: Relics From a Circus Musician’s Life on the Road

Outside the big top, this artist did a lot of sightseeing.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 13, 2018
Saigon Central Post Office.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saigon Central Post Office

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Grimshawes Post Office.
Cashiers, North Carolina

Grimshawes Post Office

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus's Main Post Office

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Inside Newberry Library is America's largest public postcard repository.
Chicago, Illinois

Newberry Library Postcard Collection

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.
Rear garden behind the post office
Tintagel, England

Tintagel Post Office

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.
Santa plotting his route, from a holiday card in the New York Public Library collection.
libraries

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division

We wish you a mappy Christmas.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2017
You must climb a ladder to place your letter in the Bridegroom's Oak.
Eutin, Germany

Bridegroom's Oak

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.
The red post box.
Manchester, England

The Undamaged Red Post Box

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.
London's Mail Rail ran for 6.5 miles between sorting offices underneath the capital.
abandoned

See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now

It's like the Tube, but for post.
Anika Burgess July 27, 2017
The stamp, before and after heat is applied.
stamps

Behold the U.S. Postal Service's Groovy New 2017 Solar Eclipse Stamp

It changes from an eclipse to a moon when touched.
Lex Berko June 20, 2017
The 600-year-old milkwood tree.
Mossel Bay, South Africa

The Post Office Tree

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
A Montgomery Ward catalog from 1903.
postal

How Sears and Montgomery Ward Changed American Shipping

In the 19th century, if you wanted a package delivered and you didn't live in a big city, you were pretty much out of luck.
Ernie Smith February 21, 2017
Abandoned Jerome Post Office
Jerome, Arizona

Abandoned Jerome Post Office

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Vanuatu's Underwater Post Office.
Vanuatu

Underwater Post Office

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.