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The rules for mailbox flag usage are that you should raise the flag to signal outgoing mail for the postal carrier to pick up, and lower it once the mail has been collected. It is also customary to raise the flag when you have incoming mail to be picked up. Remember to only use the flag for its intended purpose and not as a decoration.
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Can a mailbox flag be another color and is a mailbox flag required?
Yes and yes.
What is another name for a mailbox flag?
Semaphore or signal flag.
Do mailbox flags have to be red in order to be effective?
No, mailbox flags do not have to be red in order to be effective. The purpose of a mailbox flag is to indicate to the postal carrier that there is outgoing mail to be picked up. The color of the flag is not a requirement for its functionality.
What type of vessel do you raise the flag at dusk and lower at dawn?
Mailbox?
What does the flag mean on a mailbox?
In the US, when the flag is up it means there is outgoing mail in the mailbox to be picked up by the letter carrier. This alerts the letter carrier to stop at the mailbox even if s/he has no incoming mail to leave for the addressee. When you get ready to mail a letter, leave it in the mailbox and raise the flag. When the letter carrier arrives s/he will take the mail you left in the mailbox, leave any mail s/he might have for you and lower the flag. The flag can also serve as an indication the letter carrier has come and left mail, but it's generally thought inconsiderate to use it for that purpose alone because if the letter carrier has no mail for you it forces him or her to make an unnecessary stop.
Rules for flying the American flag at half staff?
What are the rules about flying the American Flag
What are the rules of the jamaican flag?
The rules are 1The flag is never to touch the floor or ground
Can you open and put mail into someones mailbox?
Yes, as long as it isn't stolen mail. No, it is illegal, even to place a flyer on the flag. The mailbox is US Government property.
Are there laws and rules to replace an old US flag?
There are many rules of etiquette about displaying and replacing the flag. To replace and old US flag it should be disposed of by burning.
On a rural mailbox is it illegal to hang an advertisement on the flag paortion of the box?
Yes. It is a Federal offence. But--it is never enforced.
Can you leave a letter in the mailbox and have the mailman take it the next day?
yes put the flag up so he knows its there
What are rules for the US flag?
burn it
