Mailman - Mailmen

This personal postage stamp series from Switzerland features transportation via "Die Post". One of the stamps features a postal worker on a motorbike.

This 1990 stamp from Zimbabwe depicts mail transport by motorcycle with trailer.

Republic of China
80th Anniversary of Postal Service
March 20, 1976
Set of four, two stamps depict mailmen collecting and delivering mail.

Brazil
50th Anniversary of Post and Telegraph Office
March 11, 1981
The minisheet depicts delivery of mail and telegram.

Ireland
World Communication Year
September 15, 1983
Set of two, one stamp depicts communication by mail.

A mailman on a bicycle posting a letter is shown on the 9c value of Zimbabwe's 1983 "world Communications Year" set.

Republic of China
Modern Communications
March 15, 1967
Set of two, one stamp depicts modern postal service.

Upper Volta
International Stamp Day
October 15, 1967
The stamp depicts a mailman on his bicycle.
(engraver: Pierre Béquet)

Hadn't seen any Nepali stamps in this thread, so here's a couple from my collection:

Nepal SC 546
10/9/1994
Methods of transporting mail




Nepal SC 410
10/30/1983
World Communications Year
The silhouette of the mail carrier to the right. See the above stamp for comparison.

Early letter carrier and modern mailman, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet (1920-1993), and issued by Ivory Coast on October 14, 1961 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 191.

- nethryk

I thought we called them mail carriers these days.

Bolivia's 2006 set of two "Towards a New Millennium" stamps (Sc #s 1265-6) depict a Chasqui, or Inca messenger. The stamp is inscribed "Mail in the Inca Period".

From Wikipedia, "Agile, highly trained, and physically fit, they were in charge of carrying the quipus, messages, and gifts up to 240 kilometers a day through the chasquis relay system"

The quipus, shown in the accompanying illustration, were strands with an intricate system of knots. The knots were of different sizes, material and colors and the chasquis were trained to read them.

On April 20, 1971 Japan issued a set of three 15 yen stamps (Sc #s 1057-9) commemorating the "Centenary of the Japanese Postal Service". One of these stamps is a child's drawing of a postman on his route on a wintery day.

Japan issued its third postal history set (Sc #s2410-11) on January 25, 1996. In addition to depicting the country's first commemorative set (1894), the stamps show 19th century mailmen at work.

Here is a cover franked with the pane from Finland's February 1, 1988 "discount" booklet of 10 stamps commemorating the 350th anniversary of the extension of the Swedish Postal Service to Finland. There are two pairs in the booklet (Facet #s 1043-4) showing a postman handing over a letter to an older woman.

From Facet, "Four booklets with each 10 stamps were , against coupons, for 14 marks offered each household in Finland (not Aland). Time of sale: 1st February 31st May 1988."