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, 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 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
- Postal Rates
- Poste restante (also known as General Delivery)
- 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
- Post offices 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 on 2006-10-08.
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