Miniature Borgward travelling post office

A miniature of a Borgward travelling post office made of metal and wood with rubber tyres. Painted red and black, on the sides is written the word “Post” in metal and in relief. On the side door can be seen a mail courier in metal and the number “228”. The inside, which is electrified and has a steering wheel attached to the wheels, reveals a mail sorting cabinet. At the front can be seen a black registration plate with the white letters and numbers “EP-19-51” in relief; beside it is a metal plate reading “CTT228”. In 1952, the Portuguese General Post Office (CTT) began operating vehicles converted into post offices in order to provide a postal service to rural communities in some of the more remote places in the country. To that end, the CTT bought a Borgward chassis and engine in Germany which then had a coach-built body added at UTIC in Lisbon to a design supplied by the CTT.