Post Box - Colours

Colours

Colours for post boxes
Red Argentina • Australia • Bahamas • Barbados • 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 • Mexico • Monaco • Netherlands - surviving heritage and PTT boxes • New Zealand • Norway (national and international mail) • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Spain (express mail) • South Africa • Sri Lanka • Thailand • United Kingdom
Yellow Algeria • Australia (Express Post) • Austria • Bosnia-Herzegovina • Brazil • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus (red before 1960) • Finland (2nd class) • France • Germany (Deutsche Post) • Greece (regular & international mail) • Iran • Lithuania • Malaysia (Express Post) • Montenegro • Morocco • Norway (local mail) • Russia (1st Class) • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain (regular mail) • Sweden (national and international mail) • Switzerland (& Liechtenstein) • Tunisia • Turkey • Ukraine • Vatican City • Vietnam
Blue Belarus • Finland (1st class) • 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 • Singapore
Gray Philippines
Gold United Kingdom

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