Post office
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A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items.
Post offices also rent post-office boxes to people and businesses who prefer not to have mail delivered to their home or office.
In many countries, post offices include other functions, such as a place to pick up various government forms, to apply for passports, to send money to others, etc. In some countries, the post office functions as a financial bank and/or a central place to use public telephones.
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.
See also
General postal concepts
- Freepost (also known as business reply mail)
- Military mail
- Post Office box
- postal code, ZIP Code
- "going postal"
- Poste restante (also known as general delivery)
Examples of operators of post offices from around the world
- An Post (Ireland)
- Post Office Ltd (UK)
- United States Postal Service
- Canada Post
- Deutsche Post
- Universal Postal Union
- Australia Post
- New Zealand Post
Miscellaneous
External links
- [United States Postal Service Guide]
- [United Kingdom Post Office site]
- [GRC Database Information: worldwide post office website links]
- [Photos of post offices around the world]
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