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Right-Hand/Left-Hand Driving Customs
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Right-Hand/Left-Hand Driving Customs
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Below is a checklist of right-hand/left-hand driving customs postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the author using the e-mail address at the bottom of this page.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Germany (West) | 1061 | 1971 | drive at right1 | |
| Ghana | 530 | 1974 | change to right-hand driving, 1974-08-04: traffic circle | |
| Ghana | 531 | change to right-hand driving, 1974-08-04: traffic sign, two-way traffic | ||
| Ghana | 532 | change to right-hand driving, 1974-08-04: change to right-hand drive | ||
| Ghana | 533 | change to right-hand driving, 1974-08-04: warning hands sign | ||
| Ghana | 534 | change to right-hand driving, 1974-08-04: hands and car symbolic change | ||
| Iceland | 397 | 1968 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1968-05-26 | |
| Iceland | 398 | |||
| Nigeria | 280 | 1972 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1972-04-02: arrows, traffic | |
| Nigeria | 281 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1972-04-02: arrows, traffic circle | ||
| Nigeria | 282 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1972-04-02: arrows, car, truck, road | ||
| Nigeria | 283 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1972-04-02: arrows, intersection, lights | ||
| Sierra Leone | 415 | 1971 | right-hand traffic changeover: traffic pattern | |
| Sierra Leone | C131 | |||
| Sweden | 733 | 1967 | introduction of right-hand driving, 1967-09-03: as seen thru windshield | |
| Sweden | 734 | |||
| Sweden | 735 | |||
| Sweden | 736 | |||
| Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) | 174 | 1977 | traffic change to right side of road: traffic policemen | |
| Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) | 175 | |||
| Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) | 176 | |||
| Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) | 177 |
*Scott catalog number.
**SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.
1This item is not necessarily about the custom of right-hand-driving. Rather, it's about slower traffic keeping to the right to allow faster traffic to use the left lane(s).
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