Description
This is a description of a black leather mailbag that was designed to be tough and withstand many brushes with the unexpected. It was written by John Cherry for the East African Standard in 1955. The dimensions are 43 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 33 cm high. It weighs 2.4 kg.
Modelled on the early East Africa Postmans delivery bag; Bags that had to be extraordinary tough in order to survive many a brush with the unexpected while delivering the mail. One gets a good taste of it in the Link to Shel Arensens piece in Old Africa stories from East Africas past- on the life and times of an early Kenyan postman. Written by John Cherry for the East African Standard 1955.
Dimensions:Length 43cm | Width 10cm | Height 33cm | Weight 2.4kg (L)