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The term "post-office" [3] has been in use since the 1650s, [4] shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. [5] In early modern England, post riders—mounted couriers—were placed, or "posted", [6] every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or "post towns".
The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.
Office mailroom and kitchenette, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, March 2007, Thousand Oaks, CA. A mailroom (US) or post room (UK) is a room in which internal, incoming, and outgoing mail is processed and sorted.
Post office sign in Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, showing postcode 2607. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
La Poste is part of the Groupe La Poste, which also comprises a bank and insurance company (La Banque postale), a logistics service company and a mobile network operator (La Poste Mobile). Although its postal activities are declining because of the development of the Internet , they still represented half of the company's income.
La Banque postale (French pronunciation: [la bɑ̃k pɔstal], lit. ' The Postal Bank ' ) is a French postal bank , created on 1 January 2006 as a subsidiary of La Poste , the national postal service.
After a privatization process in Italy and the foundation of Poste Italiane in 1998, the police service has been renamed in "Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni". Following the reform of the public security administration, the Postal and Communications Police has become a cutting-edge "special division" of the State Police against cybercrimes ...
The Palacio de Correos de México (Postal Palace of Mexico City), also known as the "Correo Mayor" (Main Post Office) is located in the historic center of Mexico City, on the Eje Central (Lázaro Cardenas) near the Palacio de Bellas Artes. [1]