Image: Map of colours of post boxes
Description: Map of the colours of post boxes. Light grey: no information. Colours for Post boxes
Red
Argentina Australia Belgium Canada Denmark Gibraltar Greece (express post) Greenland Hungary Iceland India Isle of Man Israel Italy (domestic post) South Korea Japan Jersey Macau Malaysia Malta Mauritius Monaco Morocco Netherlands - surviving heritage and PTT boxes New Zealand Norway (national and international mail) Poland Portugal Romania Singapore South Africa Spain (express mail) Sri Lanka Thailand United Kingdom[1]
Yellow
Australia (Express Post) Austria Brazil Bulgaria Cyprus (red before 1960) Finland France Germany (Deutsche Post) Greece (regular & international mail) Iran Malaysia (Express Post) Norway (local mail) Russia (1st Class) Slovakia Slovenia Spain (regular mail) Sweden (national and international mail) Switzerland (& Liechtenstein) Turkey Ukraine Vatican City Vietnam
Blue
Belarus Faroe Islands Germany (many private postal companies) Guernsey Alderney Dominican Republic Sark Italy (Air Mail only) United Kingdom (Air Mail - 1933-1940) Portugal (1st Class (Blue Mail) only) Sweden (local mail) Russia United States
Green
China Hong Kong (red before 1997) Taiwan Ireland Some heritage boxes in the United Kingdom, notably Stoke on Trent, Rochester & Scunthorpe
Orange
Czech Republic Estonia Indonesia Netherlands (TNT N.V./PostNL (red before 2006))
White San Marino
Gray Philippines
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