I should have mention that my father in his early years as a mail carrier , he ended up using his own vehicle to deliver , he would park his car in the neighborhood he was delivering mail , he would use a satchel which was rather heavy , would have to go to the persons door either mailbox was on their porch or there was a slot on their door some apts had mailboxs outside in rows , He would receive gifts from some of the people he delivered mail to on holidays , one of the ladies he delivered to was Donald Hoag's widow , who made christmas ornaments which were made from styrofoam covered in silk she would decorated them with pins and gems , all different shapes , I still have a few of them ,Donald Hoag was local artist in San Diego just thought i would mention I had not thought to when i made the post