The sculpture First Post Box was produced as part of the comprehensive revitalisation of Poštová Street in 2000, a project that involved the BKU architecture and design studio artists Michal Bogár, Ľubomír Králik, and Ľudovít Urban. Poštová Street was also provided with design furnishing from the work of world-class artists (lamps by Jean Michel Wilmotte, waste bins and benches by the designer Philippe Starck). Visually, the street was unified by a red pavement with embedded lamps bearing engraved postmarks from various countries. The lamps no longer function, and several have been removed and replaced with concrete fill. 

The bronze sculpture comprises two stylised figures in relaxed poses leaning against vertical structures between which a functional post box is perpendicularly attached. Their exposed position places them in direct contact with passersby, who can examine them from every side. The work depicts the young girls resting, their expressions carefree, and their heads turned slightly to the side. Subtle flowing modelling and elongation of proportions add elegance to the figures, although there is a certain descriptiveness and conservatism in their rendering. This tendency can be seen in a number of the bronze genre figurative sculptures that began to appear on the streets of Bratislava in the late 1990s and early 2000s as an attraction for tourists (Čumil, Walking Man, Napoleonic Soldier). 

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Research status as of 30. 06. 2023.