It is very well done. I wonder if they will do this to all the new ones.

Can one opt for the graffiti version?

The graffiti version is, in my experience, quite underwhelming. The only fun one near my home is gold spraypainted with a completely illegible scrawl but for some inexplicable reason includes a Legend of Zelda triforce logo.

The postal code collage does seem to be working. I have yet to see any of them with graffiti.

I think the Legend of Zelda triforce logo is what makes the particular mailbox a piece of art.

Can one opt for the graffiti version?

You could start by spraying it a plain colour, and see what happens.

I think we should start an Internet rumour that the arrangement of postcode fragments on the new Canada Post boxes encode a hidden message.

It could be Nuclear warhead codes, that would really set the conspiracy theorists off.

If you decode the secret message you automatically gain membership in the Bavarian Illuminati. If you speak of this secret however you ge

*AACK* *gurgle*

You could always say that it's DVD decryption code written in Pat assembler. (Does anyone remember Postman Pat, anyway?)

it is effective at discouraging graffiti.

Should every publicly accessible surface be treated in this graffiti-preemptive way entire cities would look gift-wrapped, and all way-finding devices get hopelessly lost.

Blank ugly spaces draw graffiti. I believe that greater care about the appearance of our built environmental and the objects we put in it would result in less graffiti.

I'm sorely tempted to track down one of the old boxes and paint it to resemble one of the new ones, only using a different typeface.

However, if one uses Comic Sans to do this design, not only will the mailbox be covered in graffiti, it will also be destroyed.