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===Asia=== The post box arrived in the late 19th century Hong Kong and were made of wood. In the 1890s, metal pillar box appeared in Hong Kong and remained in use until the late 1990s. From the 1890s to 1997 the boxes were painted red and after 1997 were painted green.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/05/hongkong-post-to-cover-royal-cyphers-on-59-historic-post-boxes/|title=Hongkong Post to cover royal cyphers on 59 historic post-boxes to 'avoid confusion' โ Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|date=5 October 2015|website=hongkongfp.com|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> <gallery> Postbox Uji Japan shaped as tea caddy.jpg|A public (though unconventional) post box in Japan shaped as tea caddy Japan Post Angle Model 10 Mailbox.jpg|Japanese post box in [[Matsuda, Kanagawa|Matsuda]] HK SOHO Mail Box 318.jpg|''Singapore AA'' style sheet metal mail box in Hong Kong Hong Kong Post street posting box number 110.jpg|Hong Kong Post box bearing insignia of King George V HKPostbox.jpg|PB27/1 type post box in Hong Kong with "E<small>II</small>R" cypher Post boxes in Gongguan, Taipei City 20070723.jpg|Post boxes in [[Taipei]], Taiwan L164 - Boรฎte aux lettres - Inde.JPG|A post box in [[India]] </gallery>
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