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The GPO handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Chennai GPO operates from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, the GPO functions from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Facilities available are speed post, registered post, parcel, insurance, e-billing, and e-posting. Chennai GPO has a 24-hour telegraph office. [1]
Architectural plans were drawn up and the construction contract with C. W. Arnott [6] signed on 7 July 1914 at a cost of £232,700. [5] These original plans provided for five storeys above ground level, in addition to a basement. [5] Construction commenced in mid-1914, [4] and initially experienced a delay due to sandy soil on the site. [7]
Lord Hardinge laid the stone of new buildings in Patna on 1 December 1912. [6] The construction of the building started in 1912 and was completed in 1917. It was opened for the public on 1 July 1917 with 17 employees in total and was built over an area of 22 acres. [1] Patna GPO when built was known as Post and Telegraph Office.
Situated in the vicinity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Mumbai General Post Office (GPO) is a paradigm of Indo-Saracenic architecture. Mumbai GPO is one of the five Philatelic Bureaus in the country (others being Chennai GPO , Kolkata GPO , Parliament Street, and New Delhi GPO ) that are authorised to sell the United Nations stamps.
The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Sydney GPO) is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The original building was constructed in two stages beginning in 1866 and was designed under the guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet .
This post offiice also holds the title of first post office of India since 1727. The post office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Situated in the B. B. D. Bagh area, the imposing structure of the GPO is one of the landmarks in the city.
The General Post Office, situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke streets in Melbourne, is the former General Post Office for Victoria, Australia. [1]Still owned by the Federal Government, the building appears on all major heritage lists: the National Trust of Victoria (Australia), the Commonwealth Heritage List, and the state of Victoria where it is noted for its fine and impressive ...
The GPO officially opened on 28 September 1872. In 1873, the Queensland Museum was housed in the General Post Office building until it moved to the William Street building in 1879. That same year, a second wing constructed by John Petrie was completed, allowing the telegraph office to relocate to the GPO, much to the satisfaction of business ...