Indicator flag for rural mail box

A mailbox opening indicating apparatus comprising a mailbox container having side walls and a top wall and a closed rear wall and having an open front end, the container being divided into upper and lower sections by a separating means which extends between side walls and from the rear wall to the open front end, a closure pivotedly disposed on a front end of the mailbox container and extending over the upper and lower section, an elongated flexible member positioned in the lower section and attached to a bottom of the separating means so that a frontal portion of the elongated flexible member is spaced from the separating means and extending toward a lower part of the door beneath its pivot, whereby when an upper part of the door is swung open around the pivot, the lower part of the door contacts the frontal portion of the elongated member and moves the frontal portion of the elongated member upward, an elongated indicating means having one end pivoted on the lower section of the container and having an opposite end releaseably connected to the elongated member, whereby when the elongated member is moved upward by the opening of the door, connection is broken between the free end of the indicating means and the elongated member, whereupon the indicating means falls around its pivot to a downward indicating position for indicating that the door has been open, and whereby when the door is closed, the door permits the frontal portion of the elongated member to move downward whereupon raising the indicating means about its pivot again connects the indicating means to the frontal portion of the elongated member.