Post office
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A post office is a facility authorised by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.[1] Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies. In addition, some post offices offer non-postal services such as passport applications and other government forms, car tax purchase, money orders, and banking services.
The back rooms of a post office are where mail is processed for delivery. Mail may also be processed in other post offices that are not open to the general public.
The Post Office Ltd. is a retail company in the United Kingdom; formerly part of the postal service Royal Mail, it became a separate entity in 1981.
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[edit] Image gallery
For an extensive collection of images of post office buildings, see links below.
 Small-town post office in Aurora, New York |
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 Clerks at work at the post office in London, circa 1808.. |
 The central post office in Otley, West Yorkshire, UK |
[edit] See also
[edit] General postal concepts
- Drop Letter
- Freepost (also known as Business Reply Mail)
- going postal
- Military mail
- Post office box
- Postal code, ZIP code
- History of United States postage rates
- Poste restante (also known as General Delivery)
- Wanted poster (Post Office Wall)
[edit] List of operators of post offices from around the world
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Cabinet noir
- London Post Office Railway
- Old Post Office disambiguation page
- Pony Express
- List of postal services by countries
- List of postal services abroad
- Post Office Rifles
[edit] References
- ^ "Canada Postal Guide - Glossary". Canada Post. http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/i01-e.asp?letter=P. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
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