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Taipei Beimen Post Office / 臺北北門郵局 Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 6/18/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

臺北北門郵局
Taipei Beimen Post Office
Flag Counter

It's the sister cache of Kaohsiung International Airport http://coord.info/GC3Y3EE

The North Gate of Old Taipei City was built in 1884. It's official name is Cheng-En Gate and it was the main gate of Old Taipei City. People call it "Beimen" (aka. north-gate) now.
 
Taipei Beimen Post Office was established in 1895. It was one of the three main mailing administrative headquarters during the Japanese Colonial Period. The building of Taipei Beimen Post Office was built in 1928. The building of post office and the north gate are both the national historic sites.
 
The cache is a Letterbox hybrid cache. Welcome to the listed coordinates. It's a nice place to see the North Gate. You will find a film container. In the container, you will find the key to open the cache.
 
You can take this key to open the P.O Box 59635 (aka. Mailbox No. 59635) in the Taipei Beimen Post Office. In this mailbox, you will find a yellow envelope. The logbook is in the yellow envelope.
 
Please sign it or use your stamp. If you have some postal stamp, please leave one or more on the logbook. You will also find the stamp of this cache in the yellow envelope. Please don't take it away. You can use this stamp to record your visit of this Letterbox hybrid cache.

Open Hours:
Monday to Friday  08:30-21:00
Saturday              09:00-12:00
Sunday &  National Holiday CLOSE
 
***FREE POSTCARD EXCHANGE***
You will find some unwritted postcards and postal stamps in the yellow envelope. Welcome to share your trip in Taiwan with your family or friends. If you have some unwritted postcards and postal stamps, please leave some in the envelope to share them with other hunters.
 
********PLEASE ATTENTION********
1. The cache is the REAL LETTERBOX. Please be aware of all the muggles in the post office.
2. The cache is the REAL LETTERBOX. Please DO NOT take any real letters or postcards away.
3. The cache is the REAL LETTERBOX. If you want to put any trackables or items, please PUT them IN THE YELLOW ENVELOPE. If the envelope is full, please put a new envelope in. Don't let anything out of the envelope.
4. After geocaching, please close the letterbox-door and PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE FILM CONTAINER.

If you can not put the key back, please tell the cache owner and send the key to:
P.O. Box 59635
Taipei 10099
TAIWAN
 
 
Enjoy this cache and share it with the snail mail!


臺北府城北門,正式名為承恩門,是謂臺北府城的正門、北大門,落成於1884年,為五大城門中唯一保持建城原貌的城門。
 
臺北北門郵局設立於1895年,為日治時期臺灣郵政三大一等局之一。目前臺北北門郵局也是臺灣最大的郵政支局。現存北門郵局廳舍建立於1928年,與北門皆為國定古蹟。
 
這個寶藏是混血郵筒寶藏,首先請您到達寶藏座標點,這裡是欣賞臺北府城北門的好地點,您會在此發現一個底片盒,在底片盒中您會獲得打開寶藏的鑰匙。
 
請您拿著鑰匙,打開臺北北門郵局的第59635號郵政信箱,裡面會有一個黃色信封裝著登記簿。
 
請在登記簿上簽名或蓋章,也歡迎貼上您國家的郵票。信封裡面也有圖章,請勿拿走,可以使用這個圖章在您的登記本上留下紀念。
 
信箱開放時間:
星期一到星期五  08:30至21:00
星期六          09:00至12:00
星期日與國定假日 關閉

●免費明信片分享●
除了登記簿,信封裡面有免費取用的明信片及郵票,歡迎將您在臺灣的回憶寄送給家人或好友。如果您有帶著空白的明信片或是郵票,也歡迎您留在信封中與其他獵友分享。
 
 
請注意下列事項:
1.這個寶藏是真實使用的信箱,使用鑰匙時請小心在郵局的麻瓜。
2.這個寶藏是真實使用的信箱,請勿取走任何真實的信件。
3.這個寶藏是真實使用的信箱,如果要放入任何的旅行蟲或其他物品,請置於信封中。如果信封滿了,請用新的信封裝好。請勿將任何寶物置於信封外面。
4.請離開前要將信箱關好,將鑰匙放回座標點的底片盒中。
 
如果您無法在短時間內置回鑰匙,請立即聯絡寶主,並將鑰匙寄到下列地址:
10099臺灣臺北郵局第59635號信箱

 
希望您會喜歡這個寶藏,也希望您用郵寄與其他人分享!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp; pneq pnfr; haqre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)