Can you explain to me why that object is a great place to explore, socialize or exercise and is not just infrastructure?
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I was told that post offices were accepted because they allowed you to communicate with other people through letters. This is a box used for much the same purpose.
Except for certain post boxes in the UK (UK Postboxes Topic) most reviewers reject post boxes as simply infrastructure. This is very different from a Post Office building which is a landmark for its community.
Well, yes, in fact, there are fewer and fewer of them in Italy. I don’t know, perhaps it could have some historical relevance.
If you don’t know the historical relevance of something in your own country, it’s very unlikely that strangers on the internet will.
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What’s interesting about UK post boxes is their age - the oldest one in use dates back to 1853 and there are plenty of Victorian era (pre-1901) postboxes still around. The accepted consensus seems to be that any pre-Elizabeth II post box (i.e. before 1952) is rare enough to make it “distinct” under exploration criteria. Some other post boxes are eligible, such as ones painted a special colour to celebrate something (usually with a plaque attached). The very first Charles III post box is a wayspot as well, because that is distinct.
Most other countries don’t seem to have the same relationship with their post boxes, which are just street furniture that gets replaced every so often. I don’t know a thing about Italian post boxes, but for it to be worth exploring for it should have something interesting about it - for example age, unique design or some other significance. It’s like any other item of street furniture - if there’s something interesting or unique then it might be eligible, else most likely it would be rejected as not being distinct.
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Judging by the lid of this post box this one could be older /s
But seriously, i doubt this Post Box is all that interesting.
If there was evidence that a certain style of postbox was only created before a certain year the country does not have a process of removing them, repairing them then replacing them somewhere different you would have a chance. Even then you would have to convince local reviewers and staff that this was the case.
People have mentioned the situation in the UK but there are reasons that these get accepted…
- Connection to the Royal Mail whose history dates back to 1516.
- Each box displays the cypher of the reigning monarch at the time it was installed so people explore searching for the rarer, older boxes (why usually only pre ERII are accepted).
- Unless the box is damaged beyond repair they usually remain in the same location unless road layout change where the same box will usually be re-sited as close as possible.
- The boxes are usually installed when the housing estate is built, therefore the age of the box usually also shows the age of the area.
This is the sort of information that has deemed these to be eligible but they are still Rejected often with nominators expecting to have to put in the work.
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