MAKE A MEME View Large Image Map of colours of post boxes.svg de Karte der Farben von Post-Briefkästen Hellgrau keine Informationen fr Carte des couleurs de boîtes aux lettres par pays gris pas d'information Telephone kiosk in 1969 a new red colour was adopted for ...
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Keywords: Map of colours of post boxes.svg de Karte der Farben von Post-Briefkästen Hellgrau keine Informationen fr Carte des couleurs de boîtes aux lettres par pays gris pas d'information 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 </ref> 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 <references /> en Post box BlankMap-World-Microstates svg 2011-12-22 19 31 UTC BlankMap-World-Microstates svg NuclearVacuum derivative work NNW <span class signature-talk >talk</span> Post boxes by color
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