Post office

A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail. 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.

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

• Drop letter
• Freepost (also known as Business Reply Mail)
• going postal
• Mail
• Military Mail
• Post Office Box
• Postal Code, ZIP Code
• Postal Rates
• Poste restante (also known as General Delivery)
• Post Office Wall

List of operators of post offices from around the world

• :Category: Postal systems by country

Miscellaneous

• Cabinet noir
• England Post Office Railway
• London Post Office Railway
• Old Post Office disambiguation page
• Pony Express
• Post offices abroad
• Post Office Rifles

References

External links

• GRC Database Information: worldwide post office website links
• Photos of post offices around the world
• Royalmailchat
• The British Postal Museum & Archive
• United Kingdom Post Office site
• United States Postal Service
• Universal Postal Union