attached to a side of flag 10 near top 20 the guide means 27 is an extension spring fig1 a cable a weight fig1 or the like referring now to fig1 where the guide means 27 is an extension spring or a cable there is a load on the guide means 27 when the flag 10 is in the raised position when the flag 10 is in the raised position and rod 40 impacts the flag 10 breaking the connection between the back side 5 and the magnet 30 the load is released and the guide means 27 pulls the flag 10 into the lowered position referring now to fig1 where the guide means 27 is a weight the guide means 27 is attached to a side of flag 10 near the top 20 when the flag 10 is in the raised position and the rod 40 impacts the flag 10 breaking the connection between the back side 5 and the magnet 30 the guide means 27 pulls the flag 10 into the lowered position a stop nut 50 is attached to said back side 5 flag 10 pivots about said pivot point 11 until said flag 10 contacts said stop nut 50 in this embodiment when the flag 10 is in the lowered position it can be seen from the front fig1 and the rear of the mailbox 1 the front 12 and the back 13 of the flag 10 are a contrasting color to the mailbox an added benefit of this embodiment is that it can be used with a mailbox 1 that has a post or ornamental object covering the back side 5 another benefit is that the mailbox can.