The term General Post Office is or has been used by a number of postal and telecommunications governmental administrations worldwide, including:
- United Kingdom until 1969, see General Post Office (United Kingdom). Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects wherein written Documents typically enclosed in Envelopes and also The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located After 1981 see Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd. for a continuing history of the British Post Office. Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom. For the UK's mail delivery service See Royal Mail Post Office Ltd (Swyddfa'r Post Cyf
- Ireland: General Post Office is the name of the main post office in the Republic of Ireland, which was the headquarters of the 1916 Rising, see General Post Office (Dublin)
- Australia: The General Post Office in each state or territory capital city was the headquarters of that colony's postal services prior to federation in 1901. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916 The General Post Office (GPO (Ard-Oifig an Phoist in Dublin is the headquarters of the Irish postal service An Post, and Dublin's principal post For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Today, the General Post Office refers to both the headquarters of the postal services of each state or territory, as well as to the building which either now houses or in the past once housed the main post office for that state or territory, including:
- India, It is the term for the headquarters of a postal circle. The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO) is a landmark building in Sydney. The Melbourne General Post Office or GPO is a landmark building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the corner of Elizabeth Street and General Post Office, also known as the GPO, is an Australia Post building India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country General Post Office, Mumbai is the HQ for Maharashtra postal circle, PIN code 400001. The General Post Office Mumbai is the central post office of the city of Mumbai, India.
- China:
- Shanghai: The General Post Office in Shanghai is the headquarters of the postal services in Shanghai, with a major part recently refurbished as the postal museum. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million The four storey General Post Office Building is located at the north end of the Sichuan Road Bridge Shanghai, on the banks of the Suzhou Creek. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million
- Hong Kong: General Post Office is located in Central. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders General Post Office (郵政總局 GPO is the headquarters of Hongkong Post. It has the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Hongkong Post ( is a department under the Hong Kong government, though operated as a Trading Fund
- United States: the general post office is called the General Mail Facility and it serves as the primary collection, sorting and distribution point for a given area.
- James Farley Post Office is the General Post Office for New York City. The James A Farley Building, New York City 's General Post Office, is located at 421 Eighth Avenue, between 31st Street and 33rd The City of New York
- Malaysia: the Kuala Lumpur General Post Office is the central post office of Pos Malaysia. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Kuala Lumpur General Post Office is the biggest general post office in Malaysia. Pos Malaysia Berhad is a post services company in Malaysia. The company was corporatized in 1990 from the governmental owned Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia
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