Editing Post box (section)

== Symbols ==
[[File:Swedish Royal Posthorn.jpg|thumb|Swedish Royal Post]]
[[File:Irish Post & Telegraphs P&T (Ireland).png|thumb|Irish [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Post & Telegraphs]] "P&T" logo]]
* Australia&nbsp;– a styled red letter "P" on a white circle, "P" standing for "Post".
* Canada&nbsp;– a combination of a bird wing and an aircraft wing in a red circle and flanked by the words ''Canada Post'' / ''Postes Canada''. Previously the words ''Canada'', ''Canada Post'', or ''Canada Post Corporation'') were used on post boxes. Until the early 1970s, post boxes had the words "Royal Mail" and the [[Arms of Canada|Royal Coat of Arms of Canada]].
* [[Continental Europe]]&nbsp;– most designs include a [[Post horn]], like those used by postmen to announce their arrival. In Germany the post horn is the only element indicating post services.
* France&nbsp;– the arrow-shaped logo of [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]].
* Greece&nbsp;– [[Hellenic Post]] use the head of god [[Hermes]] wearing a winged [[petasos]] (summer hat) as their logo. Hermes was usually portrayed as the messenger of the [[Twelve Olympians|gods]]
* [[Netherlands]]&nbsp;– an orange triangle with "postnl" and a royal crown in it.
*Republic of Ireland&nbsp;– from 1922 the Irish harp entwined with the letters "SE" for [[Irish Free State|Saorstát Éireann]], then "P⁊T" Gaelic script for [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Post and Telegraphs]] and from 1984 [[An Post]] with their wavy lines logo, often on the door as a raised casting. Many boxes installed prior to 1922 contain the [[Royal Cypher]] of the reigning monarch at the time of manufacture.
* Portugal&nbsp;- logo of the [[CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A.|CTT Correios]], consisting of a mounted postman playing a post horn.
* Russia&nbsp;– logo of [[Russian Post]] (Почта России) written white on blue and black on yellow 1st class mail boxes.
* [[Spain]]&nbsp;– [[Post horn]] and a royal crown over it.
* Japan&nbsp;– a "T" with bar above it ([[〒]]).
* United Kingdom&nbsp;– all post boxes display the [[Royal Cypher]] of the reigning monarch at the time of manufacture. Exceptions are the [[Pillar box#Anonymous boxes|Anonymous pillar boxes]] of 1879–1887, where the cypher was omitted, and all boxes for use in Scotland manufactured after 1952 (including replicas of the 1866 Penfold design) which show the [[Crown of Scotland]] instead of the Royal Cypher for Elizabeth II. Private boxes emptied by Royal Mail do not have to carry a cypher. Royal Mail post boxes manufactured since 1994 carry the wording "Royal Mail", normally above the aperture (lamp boxes) or on the door (pillar boxes). Before this date all post boxes, with the exception of the Anonymous pillar boxes, carried the wording "Post Office".
* United States&nbsp;– the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS) eagle logo, except that boxes for [[Express Mail]] use the USPS Express Mail logo.