Paint the mailbox and flag Once the primer is dry, apply two thin coats of black spray paint to the entire mailbox. Then, apply two thin coats to the flag using red spray paint.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — It’s become a red flag for thieves: displaying the red flag on a mailbox, indicating there is mail inside for the postal carrier.Police in North Canton are looking for p… ...

Dear Sun Spots: To save walking for nothing at the mailbox, where can I purchase a flag that will come up when the mailman has delivered mail? – No Name, No Town.Answer: Sun Spots located a ...

This residential mailbox with a missing red flag is more or less in stark violation of federal law and apparently is grounds for suspension of mail delivery, if not a sentence of breaking rocks in ...

A local Homeowners Association demanded a resident of a community in Eagle Mountain, UT, to remove a decal from his mailbox, KSL reported. The resident thinks the HOA has gone too far.

A mailbox covered with the American flag is at the center of a dispute brewing between a retired U.S. veteran and a homeowners association in Florida.

The changes drew the ire of residents, including Ms. Williamson, who worry that the mailbox with a flag, a hallmark of rural life, is about to become an endangered concept.