In the world of 'snail mail,' there are lots of
choices in mailboxes with MCM aesthetics

Is there any American institution whose rep has aged worse than the United States Postal Service? Used to be, the USPS was the quintessential ‘neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night' kind of government agency. But these days...are they just ‘mailing it in'?

Regardless, you don't see USPS customers eliminating their mailboxes the way they do land lines.

So, if you still need to have this widely derided receptacle for ‘snail mail,' might as well do it with style.

There are a surprising number of modernist mailboxes on the market, produced by sources ranging from small independents without a website to well-established design firms. Etsy.com, for one, is full of choices. Here are eight of our faves.

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