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Law no. 604 of 5 May 1862 (the so-called Postal reform) [7] created a national and centralised organisation for postal service by introducing a general fee to pay for services, including postal stamps, throughout the entire territory of the newly formed kingdom of Italy.
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 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]
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.
The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.
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.
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.
Codice di avviamento postale (Italian for 'Postal Routing Code'; CAP) is the Italian post code numeric system, created in 1967. It consists of five digits: ...