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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF" title="مكتب بريد – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مكتب بريد" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Паштовае аддзяленне – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паштовае аддзяленне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Пощенска станция – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пощенска станция" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_de_correus" title="Oficina de correus – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Oficina de correus" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%C4%83_%D1%83%D0%B9%D1%80%C4%83%D0%BC%C4%95" title="Почтă уйрăмĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Почтă уйрăмĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swyddfa_bost" title="Swyddfa bost – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swyddfa bost" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postkontor" title="Postkontor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Postkontor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfiliale" title="Postfiliale – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Postfiliale" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postkontor" title="Postkontor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Postkontor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B1%CF%87%CF%85%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF" title="Ταχυδρομείο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ταχυδρομείο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oficina_de_Correos" title="Oficina de Correos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Oficina de Correos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%9Dtejo" title="Poŝtejo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Poŝtejo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="اداره پست – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اداره پست" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_de_poste" title="Bureau de poste – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bureau de poste" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oifig_an_phoist" title="Oifig an phoist – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oifig an phoist" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%B2%B4%EA%B5%AD" title="우체국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="우체국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%B0" title="डाकघर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डाकघर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantor_pos" title="Kantor pos – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kantor pos" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantor_Pos" title="Kantor Pos – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kantor Pos" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postkantoor" title="Postkantoor – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Postkantoor" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%B5%E4%BE%BF%E5%B1%80" title="郵便局 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="郵便局" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postkontor" title="Postkontor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Postkontor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postkontor" title="Postkontor – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Postkontor" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pochtamt" title="Pochtamt – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Pochtamt" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE" title="ਡਾਕਖਾਨਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਡਾਕਖਾਨਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yofing" title="Yofing – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Yofing" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81" title="ڈاک خانہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ڈاک خانہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plac%C3%B3wka_pocztowa" title="Placówka pocztowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Placówka pocztowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Почтовое отделение – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Почтовое отделение" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyra_e_post%C3%ABs" title="Zyra e postës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Zyra e postës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_office" title="Post office – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Post office" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BD%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%AF%DA%BE%D8%B1" title="ٽپال گھر – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ٽپال گھر" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantor_pos" title="Kantor pos – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Kantor pos" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postitoimisto" title="Postitoimisto – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Postitoimisto" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreo" title="Koreo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Koreo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அஞ்சலகம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அஞ்சலகம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81" title="పోస్టాఫీసు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="పోస్టాఫీసు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C" title="ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ที่ทำการไปรษณีย์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B4xe%27%C3%AAst%C3%B3on%C3%A9m%C3%A2h%C3%A9%C3%B3%27o" title="Môxe'êstóonémâhéó'o – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Môxe'êstóonémâhéó'o" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postane" title="Postane – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Postane" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Post_Office_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Post Office (disambiguation)">Post Office (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EdithburghPostOffice.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/EdithburghPostOffice.JPG/220px-EdithburghPostOffice.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/EdithburghPostOffice.JPG/330px-EdithburghPostOffice.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/EdithburghPostOffice.JPG/440px-EdithburghPostOffice.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A post office building in <a href="/wiki/Edithburgh" title="Edithburgh">Edithburgh</a>, Australia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_(page_1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="West Toledo Branch Post Office, Toledo, Ohio, 1912" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg/220px-West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg/330px-West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg/440px-West_Toledo_Branch_Post_Office_-_DPLA_-_f9d1fcc75d881e6c52ad57b947479502_%28page_1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8588" data-file-height="5475" /></a><figcaption>The West Toledo Branch Post Office in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, in 1912</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>post office</b> is a public facility and a retailer that provides <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">mail</a> services, such as accepting <a href="/wiki/Letter_(message)" title="Letter (message)">letters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parcel_(package)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parcel (package)">parcels</a>, providing <a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">post office boxes</a>, and selling <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a>, packaging, and <a href="/wiki/Stationery" title="Stationery">stationery</a>. Post offices may offer additional services, which vary by country. These include providing and accepting <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> forms (such as <a href="/wiki/Passport" title="Passport">passport</a> applications), and processing <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> services and fees (such as <a href="/wiki/Road_tax" title="Road tax">road tax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postal_savings_system" title="Postal savings system">postal savings</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">bank</a> fees).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chief_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief administrator">chief administrator</a> of a post office is called a <a href="/wiki/Postmaster" title="Postmaster">postmaster</a>. </p><p>Before the advent of <a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">postal codes</a> and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for <a href="/wiki/Receipt" title="Receipt">receipt</a> or delivery. During the 19th century in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department" title="United States Post Office Department">Post Office Department</a> began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states">state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in 1635.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Early_modern#Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern">early modern</a> England, <a href="/wiki/Post_riders" title="Post riders">post riders</a>—<a href="/wiki/Mail_delivery_by_animal#horses" title="Mail delivery by animal">mounted couriers</a>—were placed, or "posted",<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> every few hours along <a href="/wiki/Post_road" title="Post road">post roads</a> at <a href="/wiki/Posting_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Posting houses">posting houses</a> (also known as post houses) between major cities, or "<a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">post towns</a>". These <a href="/wiki/Stable" title="Stable">stables</a> or <a href="/wiki/Coaching_inn" title="Coaching inn">inns</a> permitted important correspondence to travel without delay. In early America, post offices were also known as stations. This term, as well as the term "post house", fell from use as horse and <a href="/wiki/Mail_coach" title="Mail coach">coach</a> services were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Railway_post_office" title="Railway post office">railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airmail" title="Airmail">aircraft</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mail_truck" title="Mail truck">automobiles</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Surathkal_Post_Office,India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg/220px-Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg/330px-Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg/440px-Surathkal_Post_Office%2CIndia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The Surathkal Post Office in <a href="/wiki/Surathkal" title="Surathkal">Surathkal</a>, India</figcaption></figure> <p>The term "post office" usually refers to government postal facilities providing customer service. "<a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="General Post Office (disambiguation)">General Post Office</a>" is sometimes used for the national headquarters of a postal service, even if the building does not provide customer service. A postal facility that is used exclusively for processing mail is instead known as a sorting office or delivery office, which may have a large central area known as a sorting or postal hall. Integrated facilities combining mail processing with railway stations or airports are known as mail exchanges. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, post offices are found in almost every village having <a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj_in_India" title="Panchayati raj in India">panchayat</a> (a "village council"), towns, cities, and throughout the geographical area of India. India's postal system changed its name to <a href="/wiki/India_Post" title="India Post">India Post</a> after the advent of private courier companies in the 1990s. It is run by the Indian government's Department of Posts.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India Post accepts and delivers inland letters, postcards, parcels, postal stamps, and money orders (money transfers). Few post offices in India offer speed post (fast delivery) and payments or bank savings services. It is also uncommon for Indian post offices to sell insurance policies or accept payment for electricity, landline telephone, or gas bills. Until the 2000 A.D., post offices would collect fees for radio licenses, recruitment for government jobs, and the operation of public call telephone (PCO) booths. <a href="/wiki/Postman" class="mw-redirect" title="Postman">Postmen</a> would deliver letters, money orders, and parcels to places that are within the assigned area of a particular post office. Each Indian post office is assigned a unique six-digit code called the <a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">Postal Index Number</a>, or PIN. Each post office is identified by its PIN. Post offices coming under Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication, Government of India have a history of one hundred fifty years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Private <a href="/wiki/Courier" title="Courier">courier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Package_delivery" title="Package delivery">delivery services</a> often have offices as well, although these are usually not called "post offices", except in the case of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, which has <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Post" title="Deutsche Post">fully privatised its national postal system</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="presumably this refers to German-language equivalent term, but it's not clear (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As abbreviation <i>PO</i> is used, together with <i>GPO</i> for General Post Office and <i>LPO</i> for Licensed Post Office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Post_office" title="Special:EditPage/Post office">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg/220px-World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg/330px-World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg/440px-World%27s_oldest_postcard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1319" /></a><figcaption>Postal clerks in an 1840 <a href="/wiki/Penny_Penates" title="Penny Penates">Penny Penates</a> postcard</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tallinn_post_office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tallinn_post_office.jpg/220px-Tallinn_post_office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tallinn_post_office.jpg/330px-Tallinn_post_office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tallinn_post_office.jpg/440px-Tallinn_post_office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="985" /></a><figcaption>The Old Post Office in <a href="/wiki/Toompea" title="Toompea">Toompea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, Estonia</figcaption></figure> <p>There is evidence of corps of royal <a href="/wiki/Courier" title="Courier">couriers</a> disseminating the decrees of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egyptian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_pharaohs" title="List of pharaohs">pharaohs</a> as early as 2400<span class="nowrap"> </span>BCE, and it is possible that the service greatly precedes that date. Similarly, there may be ancient organised systems of post houses providing mounted courier service, although sources vary as to precisely who initiated the practice.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian Empire</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Chapar_Khaneh" title="Chapar Khaneh">Chapar Khaneh</a> system existed along the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Road" title="Royal Road">Royal Road</a>. Similar postage systems were established in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient China">China</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Mauryan_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan dynasty">Mauryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han</a> dynasties in the 2nd century BCE. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a> <a href="/wiki/Suetonius" title="Suetonius">Suetonius</a> credited <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a> with regularising the Roman transportation and courier network, the <i><a href="/wiki/Cursus_publicus" title="Cursus publicus">Cursus Publicus</a></i>. Local officials were obliged to provide couriers who would be responsible for their message's entire course. Locally maintained post houses (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stationes" class="extiw" title="wikt:stationes">stationes</a></i>) privately owned rest houses (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mansiones" class="extiw" title="wikt:mansiones">mansiones</a></i>) and were obliged or honored to care for couriers along their way. The Roman emperor <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a> later established two parallel systems: one providing fresh horses or mules for urgent correspondence and the other providing sturdy oxen for bulk shipments. The <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> historian <a href="/wiki/Procopius" title="Procopius">Procopius</a>, though not unbiased, records the <i>Cursus Publicus</i> system remained largely intact until it was dismantled in the Byzantine empire by the emperor <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian</a> in the 6th century. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Princely_House_of_Thurn_and_Taxis" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely House of Thurn and Taxis">Princely House of Thurn and Taxis</a> family initiated regular mail service from <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> in the <a href="/wiki/16th_century" title="16th century">16th century</a>, directing the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Reichspost" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Reichspost">Imperial Post</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. The <a href="/wiki/British_Postal_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="British Postal Museum">British Postal Museum</a> claims that the oldest functioning post office in the world is on High Street in <a href="/wiki/Sanquhar" title="Sanquhar">Sanquhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. The post office has functioned continuously since 1712, during which horses and stagecoaches were used to carry mail. </p><p>Rural parts of Canada in the 19th century utilised the way office system. Villagers could leave their letters at the way office which were then taken to the nearest post office, as well as pick up their mail from the way office.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In parts of Europe, special <a href="/wiki/Postal_censorship" title="Postal censorship">postal censorship</a> offices existed<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (December 2017)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> to intercept and censor mail. In France, such offices were known as <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_noir" title="Cabinet noir">cabinets noirs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unstaffed_postal_facilities">Unstaffed postal facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Unstaffed postal facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mailroom_in_University.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mailroom_in_University.jpg/220px-Mailroom_in_University.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mailroom_in_University.jpg/330px-Mailroom_in_University.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mailroom_in_University.jpg/440px-Mailroom_in_University.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5569" data-file-height="3231" /></a><figcaption>Students attend an unstaffed postal facility</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg/220px-GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg/330px-GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg/440px-GPO_-_The_Inland_letter_office_ILN_1844.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>The Inland Letter Office of the <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_London" title="General Post Office, London">GPO</a> in London in 1844</figcaption></figure> <p>In many jurisdictions, <a href="/wiki/Post_box" title="Post box">mailboxes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">post office boxes</a> have long been in widespread use for drop-off and pickup (respectively) of mail and small packages outside post offices or when offices are closed. Germany's national postage system <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Post" title="Deutsche Post">Deutsche Post</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Packstation" class="mw-redirect" title="Packstation">Pack-Station</a> for <a href="/wiki/Package_delivery" title="Package delivery">package delivery</a>, including both drop-off and pickup, in 2001. In the 2000s, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> began to install Automated Postal Centers (APCs) in many locations in both post offices, for when they are closed or busy, and retail locations.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> APCs can print postage and accept mail and small packages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_post_offices">Notable post offices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable post offices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational">Operational</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operational"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a>, state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Dublin" title="General Post Office, Dublin">General Post Office</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> (inaugurated 1818), headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/An_Post" title="An Post">Irish post</a> and headquarters of the 1916 <a href="/wiki/Easter_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Uprising">Easter Uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Kolkata" title="General Post Office, Kolkata">General Post Office</a> (1864), erected on the site of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta" title="Black Hole of Calcutta">Black Hole of Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Chennai" title="General Post Office, Chennai">General Post Office</a> (1874) in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Lahore" title="General Post Office, Lahore">General Post Office</a> (1887) in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Colombo" class="mw-redirect" title="General Post Office, Colombo">General Post Office</a> (1895), the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Post">Sri Lankan Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Zagreb" title="General Post Office, Zagreb">General Post Office</a> (1903), headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatian</a> post</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Hong_Kong" title="General Post Office, Hong Kong">General Post Office</a> (1976), the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Hongkong_Post" title="Hongkong Post">Hongkong Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_(Mumbai)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Post Office (Mumbai)">General Post Office</a> (1913), the main post office of <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, India, and one of the world's largest (120,000 sq ft or 11,000 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_Building,_Shanghai" title="General Post Office Building, Shanghai">General Post Office Building</a> (1922), former headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Chunghwa_Post" title="Chunghwa Post">Chunghwa Post</a> and present home of the Shanghai Postal Museum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Post_Office_(Ottawa)" title="Central Post Office (Ottawa)">Central Post Office</a> (1939), also temporary home to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of Canada">Privy Council of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_Central_Post_Office" title="Manila Central Post Office">Manila Central Post Office</a> (1926, rebuilt after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="World War II in the Philippines">WWII</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Farley_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="James Farley Post Office">James Farley Post Office</a> (1912), America's largest operating post office, the main office for New York City. Bears the famous translation of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service_creed" title="United States Postal Service creed">Herodotus</a>'s description of the Persian postal system along its front facade: <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service_creed" title="United States Postal Service creed">"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"</a></i></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Edificio_Correos" title="Edificio Correos">Edificio Central de Correos y Telégrafos building</a> (1917), San José, Costa Rica. Contains the Costa Rican Philatelic Museum on the second floor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Post_Office_(Danzig)" title="Polish Post Office (Danzig)">Polish Post Office</a>, a scene of <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_the_Polish_Post_Office_in_Danzig" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig">intense fighting</a> during the 1939 <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> invasion of <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taipei_Post_Office" title="Taipei Post Office">Taipei Post Office</a> (1928), the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Post">Taiwan Post</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Toronto_Post_Office" title="First Toronto Post Office">First Toronto Post Office</a> (1833)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Main_Post_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Istanbul Main Post Office">Istanbul Main Post Office</a> (1905), home of the <a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Postal_Museum" title="Istanbul Postal Museum">Istanbul Postal Museum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandinelli_Palace" title="Bandinelli Palace">Bandinelli Palace</a> (1589), a former post office in <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="General Post Office (Washington, D.C.)">General Post Office</a> (1842), <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>'s first all-marble building, patterned after Rome's <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Jupiter_Optimus_Maximus" title="Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus">Temple of Jupiter</a> and now the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Monaco_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel Monaco (Washington, D.C.)">Hotel Monaco</a>, a four-star hotel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Post_Office,_Christchurch" title="Chief Post Office, Christchurch">Chief Post Office</a> (1877), the former chief post office of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> in <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Post_Office_Building_(Stockholm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Post Office Building (Stockholm)">Central Post Office Building</a> (1903), home of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sweden" title="Government of Sweden">Government of Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Central_Post_Office" title="Buenos Aires Central Post Office">Buenos Aires Central Post Office</a> (1908), now the Bicentennial Cultural Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fullerton_Hotel_Singapore" title="The Fullerton Hotel Singapore">The Fullerton</a> (1919), a 5-star hotel in Singapore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magna_Plaza" title="Magna Plaza">Magna Plaza</a>, a shopping center at Amsterdam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Chicago_Main_Post_Office" title="Old Chicago Main Post Office">Old Main Post Office</a> (1921), an enormous abandoned structure in Chicago</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_delle_Poste,_Naples" title="Palazzo delle Poste, Naples">Palazzo Delle Poste</a></i> (1928), the former post office of <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, heavily damaged during <a href="/wiki/Four_days_of_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Four days of Naples">Naples' 1943 uprising against the Nazis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utrecht_Post_Office" title="Utrecht Post Office">Utrecht Post Office</a>, since 2020 a large public library at <a href="/wiki/Utrecht" title="Utrecht">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office_East" class="mw-redirect" title="General Post Office East">General Post Office East</a> (1825), former headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">GPO</a> in London, demolished in 1912</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post_office&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/post-office-names.pdf">What's in a (Post Office) Name?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130330073338/http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/post-office-names.pdf">Archived</a> 2013-03-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>" August 2008. Accessed 2 October 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Webster, Noah. <i>American Dictionary of the English Language</i>, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/post-house">post-house</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212954/http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/post-house">Archived</a> 2013-10-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". Accessed 2 October 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harper, Douglas. <i>Online Etymology Dictionary</i>, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=post+office">post office</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215722/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=post+office">Archived</a> 2013-10-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". 2013. Accessed 2 October 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The British Postal Museum and Archive. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/page/peoplespost-secretroom">The Secret Room</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120831192736/http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/peoplespost-secretroom">Archived</a> 2012-08-31 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". 2011. Accessed 2 October 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harper (2013), "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=post">post</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130930024127/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=post">Archived</a> 2013-09-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". Accessed 2 October 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/Pages/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx\">"About Us"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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