Map of the colours of post boxes. Light grey: no information. Colours for Post boxesRedArgentina 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]YellowAustralia (Express Post) Austria Brazil Bulgaria Cyprus (red before 1960) Finland France Germany (Deutsche Post) Greece (regular &amp; international mail) Iran Malaysia (Express Post) Norway (local mail) Russia (1st Class) Slovakia Slovenia Spain (regular mail) Sweden (national and international mail) Switzerland (&amp; Liechtenstein) Turkey Ukraine Vatican City VietnamBlueBelarus 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 StatesGreenChina Hong Kong (red before 1997) Taiwan Ireland Some heritage boxes in the United Kingdom, notably Stoke on Trent, Rochester &amp; ScunthorpeOrangeCzech Republic Estonia Indonesia Netherlands (TNT N.V./PostNL (red before 2006))WhiteSan MarinoGrayPhilippines
↑ All Royal Mail / GPO post boxes were painted BS 538 Post Office Red between 1874 and 1969. With the introduction of the K8 Telephone kiosk in 1969, a new "red" colour was adopted for GPO street furniture, designated B.S. 539 Post Haste Red. After British Telecom and Royal Mail were split by the British Government, BT continued to use BS539 exclusively, whilst Royal Mail use both BS538 and BS539 in a seemingly random way. Prior to 1859 there was no standard colour although there is a document in the BPMA archive indicating that optionally, the lettering and Royal cypher could be picked out in white or black. In 1859, a bronze green colour became standard until 1874. It took ten years for every box to be repainted during this period).

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