SUPERIOR — With the successive thuds of three shiny mailboxes hitting the meeting table, the Rock Creek community shook off its shackles and stood free Thursday.There in front of the Rock Creek ...

No longer are homeowners content with the standard black steel mailbox perched on a 4-by-4 at the end of the driveway. These days they’re dressing up their address and prettying up their post boxes.

A mailbox zapped by a falling space rock in 1984 has sold at an auction for the unearthly price of nearly $US83,000 ($A90,517).

The U.S mailbox design we’re all so familiar with dates back to 1916, but fast forward to 2017 and it's being creatively customised, as these astonishing photos reveal.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two of the world's most famous meteorites failed to attract buyers at an auction, while an ordinary metal mailbox zapped by a ...