LETTER BOXES AGAIN

In September, 2009, I wrote some reflections on letter boxes I have encountered.
On my most recent tour of the area's letter boxes, in December,2009, I found myself designing in my head the perfect letter box, and I realised that our own box fell rather short of my ideal.
The perfect letterbox should allow the one delivering to insert the mail with one hand ,without having to hold open the box with the other. It should be large enough to hold large envelopes without them having to be folded. It should be safe in wet weather, because soggy mail brings lettle joy. What other qualities would youi add tho my list?
With our Christmas mail we received a card from friends who had read our www.nicollprintandpaint.blogspot.com website and who sent a copy of their letter box in a north-eastern suburb of Melbourne. i enclose a copy and ask you to consider its merits. I am impressed. I wonder where we might buy one and how it could possibly be fitted into our front fence!