I love the roof line on this post office in Dar es Salaam (“Haven of Peace”), the largest city in Tanzania, although this card probably dates from the time it was the capital of German East Africa. The postcard was published by the Moloo Brothers, who in addition sold curios, carpets, gems, jewelery, perfumery, ivory and watches from their stores in Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa.
There are ways to make a post office look stately, such as this post office in Durban, South Africa, but I much prefer the view from around the corner, as below…
Ivoryton is a village in Connecticut named for the industries using ivory which once thrived here. From imported tusks, manufacturers made combs, buttons, toothpicks, billiard balls and piano keys. At the height of the trade, 90% of the ivory brought into the U.S. passed through Ivoryton, although probably not through this post office.
The original drawing, made in 1876, and postcards of the result, below:
The Sprott, Alabama, post office in 1935, in a photo by Walker Evans. You could also get a Coke. Today, it’s an antique store.
This reminds me of the house uphill from the Bates Motel.
This magnificent postcard of the mail carriers and postmaster of the Grove City post office in 1909 comes to us from Doug Starr, but I’m not sure whose Grove City this is: PA? OH?
Post Office Postcards 
