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A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail
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....
. Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office box
Post Office box

A post office box is a uniquely-addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station.In many countries, particularly in Africa, and the Middle East there is no 'door to door' delivery of mail....
es, postage and packaging supplies.






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A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail
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....
. Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office box
Post Office box

A post office box is a uniquely-addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station.In many countries, particularly in Africa, and the Middle East there is no 'door to door' delivery of mail....
es, postage and packaging supplies. In addition, some post offices offer non-postal services such as passport
Passport

A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder....
 applications and other government forms, money order
Money order

A money order is a payment order for a pre-specified amount of money. Because it is required that the funds be prepaid for the amount shown on it, it is a more trusted method of payment than a cheque....
s, 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
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....
; formerly part of the postal service 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....
, it became a separate entity in 1981.

Image gallery

For an extensive collection of images of post office buildings, see links below.

See also


General postal concepts

  • Drop Letter
  • Freepost
    Freepost

    Freepost is a postal service provided by various postal administrations, whereby a person sends mail without affixing postage, and the recipient pays the postage when collecting the mail....
     (also known as Business Reply Mail)
  • going postal
    Going postal

    Going postal is an American English slang term, used as a verb meaning to suddenly become extremely and uncontrollably angry, possibly to the point of violence....
  • Mail
    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....
  • Military mail
    Military mail

    Military mail is a special military mail, used to integrate the civil postal system in a given country with that country's military posted overseas....
  • Post Office Box
    Post Office box

    A post office box is a uniquely-addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station.In many countries, particularly in Africa, and the Middle East there is no 'door to door' delivery of mail....
  • Postal Code
    Postal code

    A postal code is a series of letters and/or numerical digits appended to a address for the purpose of sorting mail.Germany was the first country to introduce a postal code system, in 1941....
    , ZIP Code
    ZIP Code

    File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
  • Postal Rates
    History of United States Postal Service rates

    PlotTaking the above data and plotting it yields the graph shown to the right.The dark plot is the actual issued price of the stamp and the light plot is the price adjusted for inflation and is shown in 2007 US dollars....
  • Poste restante
    Poste restante

    Poste restante is a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it. It is a common destination for mail for people who are visiting a particular location and have no need, or no way, of having mail delivered directly to their place of residence at that time....
     (also known as General Delivery)
  • Post Office Wall
    Wanted poster

    A wanted poster is a poster put up to let the public know of a criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend. They will generally include either a picture of the criminal when a photograph is available, or of a facial composite image produced by a police artist....


List of operators of post offices from around the world

Category: Postal systems by country

Miscellaneous

  • Cabinet noir
    Cabinet noir

    Cabinet noir was the name given in France to the office where the letters of suspected persons were opened and read by public officials before being forwarded to their destination....
  • England Post Office Railway
  • London Post Office Railway
    London Post Office Railway

    The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow gauge railways driverless private rapid transit in London built by the Post Office Ltd to move mail between sorting offices....
  • Old Post Office
    Old Post Office

    Old Post Office, or Former Post Office, may refer to:United Kingdom* Old Post Office, Bristol* Tintagel Old Post Office, Tintagel...
     disambiguation page
  • Pony Express
    Pony Express

    The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the North American continent from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 1860 to October 1861....
  • Post offices abroad
  • Post Office Rifles
    Post Office Rifles

    The Post Office Rifles was a unit of the British Army, first formed in 1867 from volunteers. The unit evolved several times until 1921, after which the name was lost during one of many reorganisations....


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