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General Post Office

The name General Post Office is or has been used by most Commonwealth countries for postal

Mail

Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages, are delivered to destinations around the world....
and telecommunications services.

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The name General Post Office is or has been used by most Commonwealth countries for postal

Mail

United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, see General Post Office
General Post Office

The name General Post Office is or has been used by most Commonwealth countries for mail and telecommunications services.*United Kingdom, see General Post Office which operated under that name until 1969....
which operated under that name until 1969. After 1981 see Royal Mail
Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
and Post Office Ltd.
Post Office Ltd.

Post Office Ltd is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches....
for a continuing history of the British Post Office.

Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, see General Post Office, Perth
General Post Office, Perth

File:GeneralPostOfficePerth WaiHong.jpgThe General Post Office is a heritage landmark building in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. Located on the western side of Forrest Place in the city's central business district, its imposing stone facade is in the Beaux-Arts architecture style....
, General Post Office (Sydney)
General Post Office (Sydney)

The General Post Office is a landmark building in Sydney. It is located at the western end of Martin Place , between George Street, Sydney and Pitt Street, Sydney Streets....
, General Post Office, Melbourne
General Post Office, Melbourne

The Melbourne General Post Office or GPO, is a landmark building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia on the corner of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne and Bourke Street, Melbourne in the heart of the Melbourne CBD....
and General Post Office, Brisbane
General Post Office, Brisbane

General Post Office, also known as the GPO, is an Australia Post building.Opened on 28 September, 1872, the GPO is located between Queen Street, Brisbane and Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia....
. Each state and territory capital was the headquarters of the post before federation in 1901. The GPO now refers to the headquarters and the buildings themselves.

India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, see General Post Office, Mumbai
General Post Office, Mumbai

The General Post Office, Mumbai is the central post office of the city of Mumbai, India. The post-office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels....
. This is the main postal service headquarters for the Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
postal circle, PIN code 400001.

Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, see General Post Office (Dublin)
General Post Office (Dublin)

The 'General Post Office' in Dublin is the headquarters of the Irish postal service An Post, and Dublin's principal post office. Sited in the centre of the city's main thoroughfare O'Connell Street, it is one of Ireland's most famous buildings and was the last of the great georgian architecture public buildings to be erected in the...
. Ireland's main post office and the headquarters of the 1916 Rising.

Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, see Kuala Lumpur General Post Office
Kuala Lumpur General Post Office

Kuala Lumpur General Post Office is the biggest general post office in Malaysia. Located at Dayabumi Complex, operations began in 1985. It is managed by Pos Malaysia....
. This is the central post office of Pos Malaysia
Pos Malaysia

Pos Malaysia Berhad is a post services company in Malaysia. The company was corporatized in 1990 from the governmental owned Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia....
.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
, see General Post Office Building, Shanghai
General Post Office Building, Shanghai

The four storey General Post Office Building is located at the north end of the Sichuan Road Bridge, Shanghai, on the banks of the Suzhou Creek....
and General Post Office, Hong Kong
General Post Office, Hong Kong

General Post Office is the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Built in 1976, it is located at Connaught Place, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong....
, which are the headquarters of the post for Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
and Hongkong Post
Hongkong Post

Hongkong Post is a department under the Government of Hong Kong, though operated as a Trading Fund. Founded in 1841, it was known as Postal Department or Post Office before the Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997....
.

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
, see General Post Office, Colombo
General Post Office, Colombo

The General Post Office, also known as the GPO, is the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Post. It is also the office of the Post Master General....
. This is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Post
Sri Lanka Post

Sri Lanka Post is the main domestic postal operator in Sri Lanka it is a government department. The postal headquarters the General Post Office, Colombo is located in Colombo....
.

General Post Office

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