#REDIRECT Post_office
[[Image:Lockhart, Alabama post office.jpg|thumb|250px|Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama]] 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. ==Services== 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 and driving licences 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 final delivery. Mail may also be processed in other post offices that are not open to the general public. Some countries have a Chief Post Office to administer post offices throughout the country, or a CPO in various large cities to administer the post offices in those cities or their districts. Although American citizens usually refer to its facilities as post offices, the United States Postal Service has a tradition of formally naming them "stations". ==See also== === General postal concepts === * Fleet Post Office * mail * Post Office box * postal code, ZIP Code * "going postal" * Poste restante * Wiktionary:Drop letter === Examples of operators of post offices from around the world === * An Post * Japan Post * UK Post Office Ltd * United States Postal Service * Canada Post * Universal Postal Union * Australia Post ===Famous post offices=== * Old Wan Chai Post Office, in Hong Kong ===Miscellaneous=== * Post offices abroad * London Post Office Railway * Post Office Rifles Postal system Buildings and structures
I have removed "One of the top Post Offices in the UK at present is Stockport Branch Office, managed by Carolyn Haney, which has acheived 'Centre Of Excellence' status." from the article, as this just isn't significant on an international scale. If it belongs anywhere its on the UK Post Office article, or maybe in the Stockport article. User:Thryduulf 22:26, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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#REDIRECT Post_office
Post office
[[Image:Lockhart, Alabama post office.jpg|thumb|250px|Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama]] 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. ==Services== 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 and driving licences 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 final delivery. Mail may also be processed in other post offices that are not open to the general public. Some countries have a Chief Post Office to administer post offices throughout the country, or a CPO in various large cities to administer the post offices in those cities or their districts. Although American citizens usually refer to its facilities as post offices, the United States Postal Service has a tradition of formally naming them "stations". ==See also== === General postal concepts === * Fleet Post Office * mail * Post Office box * postal code, ZIP Code * "going postal" * Poste restante * Wiktionary:Drop letter === Examples of operators of post offices from around the world === * An Post * Japan Post * UK Post Office Ltd * United States Postal Service * Canada Post * Universal Postal Union * Australia Post ===Famous post offices=== * Old Wan Chai Post Office, in Hong Kong ===Miscellaneous=== * Post offices abroad * London Post Office Railway * Post Office Rifles Postal system Buildings and structures
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I have removed "One of the top Post Offices in the UK at present is Stockport Branch Office, managed by Carolyn Haney, which has acheived 'Centre Of Excellence' status." from the article, as this just isn't significant on an international scale. If it belongs anywhere its on the UK Post Office article, or maybe in the Stockport article. User:Thryduulf 22:26, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Post_Office_Square,_Boston
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