A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services,such as accepting letters and parcels,providing post office boxes,and selling postage stamps,packaging,and stationery. Post offices may offer additional services,which vary by country. These include providing and accepting government forms,and processing government services and fees. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards,letters,and parcels. A postal service can be private or public,though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century,national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly,with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp,but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing.
Postal codes used in the United Kingdom,British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes. They are alphanumeric and were adopted nationally between 11 October 1959 and 1974,having been devised by the General Post Office . The system uses alphanumeric codes to designate geographic areas. A full postcode,also known as a "postcode unit",identifies a group of addresses or a major delivery point. It consists of an outward code and inward code. The outward code indicates the area and district,while the inward code specifies the sector and delivery point,typically encompassing about 15 addresses.
An Post is the state-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. An Post provides a "universal postal service" to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include letter post,parcel service,deposit accounts,Express Post,and EMS.
China Post,officially the China Post Group Corporation,is the national postal service corporation of the People's Republic of China. It is incorporated as a state-owned enterprise.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Russian Empire,the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation.
A Postal Index Number refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post. On 15 August 2022,the PIN system celebrated its 50th anniversary.
A post office box is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.
Postal savings systems provide depositors who do not have access to banks a safe and convenient method to save money. Many nations have operated banking systems involving post offices to promote saving money among the poor.
India Post is an Indian government-operated postal system in India,and is the trade name of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office,it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world,and India is the country that has the largest number of post offices in the world. Warren Hastings had taken initiative under East India Company to start the Postal Service in the country in 1766. It was initially established under the name "Company Mail". It was later modified into a service under the Crown in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie. Dalhousie introduced uniform postage rates and helped to pass the India Post Office Act 1854 which significantly improved upon 1837 Post Office act which had introduced regular post offices in India. It created the position Director General of Post for the whole country.
Poste Italiane is the Italian postal service provider. Besides providing postal services,Italian Post Group offers communications,postal savings products,logistics,and financial and insurance services throughout Italy.
Russian Post is an Aktsionernoye Obschestvo which is the national postal operator of Russia. The company is responsible for the delivery of mail in Russia,and the issuing of postage stamps. Russian Post employs about 390,000 people and has over 42,000 post offices,with its headquarters in Moscow. In 2012 the Russian Post delivered more than 2.4 billion pieces of mail and accounted for more than 54 million parcels and more than 100 million in remittances. In March 2013 a presidential decree signed by President Vladimir Putin included the Russian Post in a list of so-called strategic enterprises.
Pakistan Post is a state enterprise which functions as Pakistan's primary and largest postal operator. 49,502 employees through a vehicle fleet of 5,000 operate traditional "to the door" service from more than 13,419 post offices across the country,servicing over 50 million people. Pakistan Post operates under the autonomous "Postal Services Management Board" to deliver a full range of delivery,logistics and fulfillment services to customers.
The Bangladesh Post Office also known by trade name Bangla Post is a government-operated agency responsible for providing postal services in Bangladesh. It is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology. This ministry is concerned with the policymaking for its two attached departments. The director general of Bangladesh Post Office is Md Harunur Rashid.
La Poste is a postal service company in France,operating in Metropolitan France,the five French overseas departments and regions and the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Under bilateral agreements,La Poste also has responsibility for mail services in Monaco through La Poste Monaco and in Andorra alongside the Spanish company Correos.
Japan Post Bank Co.,Ltd. is a Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo. It is a corporation held by Japan Post Holdings,in which the government of Japan has a majority stake.
Azərpoçt is the company responsible for postal service in Azerbaijan.
The North Korean Postal Service or Korean Post is operated by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Communication Maintenance Bureau,which oversees postal communications,telegrams,telephone services,TV broadcasts,newspapers and other related matters.
The Army Postal Service (APS) functions as a government-operated military mail system in India. A primary role of Army Postal Service systems is to ensure security form of address in respect of Formations/Units/Troops deployed in Armed Forces and to ensure that military mail between duty stations in India &Abroad are delivered by adopting security form of address. In some cases,Indian military personnel in a combat zone may post letters to the home country/ home town for free. Officers and men are deputed primarily from the Department of Posts on Field Service. Army Postal Service is the only service that enables civil service officers to work in the Armed forces as combatants.
Ministry of Communications is a Central ministry under the Government of India responsible for telecommunications and postal service. It was carved out of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016.
