The Swiss Post Office operated a large fleet of Mercedes 0405's but some were to PTT's own specification and were bodied in Switzerland by R&J as they had to include a luggage compartment at the rear for the mail like this example at the Chaux de Fonds, a town in the Jura near the French border once at the heart of the world famous clock and watch making industry.
It was always curious watching the driver get out to empty letter boxes and put the mail bags into the rear compartment of the bus. Almost as exotic as the iconic as the three-tone postal horn that would announce the arrival of the post bus.
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