Post office
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A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sortation, 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.
Post offices also rent post-office boxes to people and businesses who prefer not to have mail delivered to their home or office, or who live or stay at addresses to which mail delivery is not available.
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] See also
[edit] 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)
- Drop letter
[edit] 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
[edit] Miscellaneous
- England Post Office Railway
- Post offices abroad
- London Post Office Railway
- Post Office Rifles
- Pony Express
- Cabinet noir
- Old Post Office disambiguation page
