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	General Post Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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: General Post Office is the name of the main post office, in each state, although it is normally referred to by the name of the city in which it is located, i.e.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Post_Office (265 words)

	General Post Office (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British General Post Office (GPO) was officially established in 1660 by Charles II and it eventually grew to combine the functions of both the state postal system and telecommunications carrier.
		All post was transferred from the post office of origination to distribution points called sorting stations, and from there the post was then sent on for delivery to the receiver of the post.
		A new GPO headquarters was built on the eastern side of St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London between 1825 and 1829 to designs by Sir Robert Smirke.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Post_Office_(United_Kingdom) (1135 words)

	United States Postal Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A main post office, formerly known as a general post office, is the primary postal facility in a community.
		A branch or post office branch is a postal facility that is not the main post office and that is outside the corporate limits of the community.
		Post offices in some rural small towns without street deliveries require post office box numbers, and addressees in these towns are eligible for fee-free post office boxes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Postal_Service (4345 words)

	General Post Office
		In 1639, the original foundation for the post office was given in Massachusettes to Richard Fairbanks, the owner of Fairbanks Tavern in Boston.
		The Post-Master General to be subject to the direction of the President of the United States in performing the duties of his office, and in forming contracts for the transportation of the mail.
		The Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America was established on February 21, 1861, by an Act of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.
	www.ecclesia.org /truth/post_office.html (4612 words)

	General Post Office (Dublin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The General Post Office (GPO) (Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist), designed by Francis Johnson and built in 1814, is located in Dublin's O'Connell Street, is the headquarters of An Post, the postal service of the Republic of Ireland.
		During the Easter Rising of 1916, it served as the headquarters of the uprising's leaders.
		As of 2005, the Irish government intends to transfer all postal business from the GPO and dedicate the entire building to the commemoration of the Easter Rising.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Post_Office_(Dublin) (335 words)

	History of the Post Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He served at the post office for a couple of months before being replaced.
		The first post office was located in Mill Street in what is now known as Old Paynesville or old town as the first Paynesville settlement.
		A triangular area of post offices were located within a few miles of each other.
	www.newman.ac.uk /Students_Websites/~s.k.chaven/histpo.htm (223 words)

	The General Post Office (GPO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The origins of the General Post Office (GPO) can be traced back to at least the 17th century when in 1661, under the Postmaster General, Henry Bishop, the first British postmark was introduced.
		From 1st January 1912 the General Post Office became the monopoly supplier of telephone services with the exception of the remaining municipal services in Hull, Portsmouth and Guernsey.
		The telecoms part of the business was still very much under Post Office control, but the separate divisions of Post Office Telecommunications and Post Office services had their own headquarters, THQ and PHQ.
	www.lightstraw.co.uk /gpo/pot1.html (488 words)

	OUR NATION'S FIRST CAPITAL - Melbourne General Post Office
		The arcade and approach stairs surrounding the main facades, a generous gesture to the public character of the Post Office building, are still a gathering point for Melburnians.
		Despite its vast scale and grandeur, the General Post Office was extended on a number of occasions to alleviate overcrowding.
		In 1917, however, the Commonwealth Government erected a new General Post Office on the corner of Bourke and Spencer Streets and the Elizabeth Street building relinquished its position as Melbourne's premier post office, not regaining it until 1964.
	www.prov.vic.gov.au /exhibs/ournation/f_mgpo.htm (341 words)

	Seizure of the Dublin General Post Office (GPO) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Seizure of the Dublin General ...
		Arms from Germany intended for the IRB were intercepted, but the rising proceeded regardless with the seizure of the Post Office and other buildings in Dublin by 1,500 volunteers.
		The British authorities' draconian response, including widespread arrests, deportations, and the execution of 15 republican leaders created widespread sympathy for the rebels, radicalized many young nationalists, and proved a pivotal point in the subsequent eclipse of constitutional nationalists by Irish separatists.
		Seizure of the Dublin General Post Office (GPO)
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Seizure+of+the+Dublin+General+Post+Office+(GPO) (644 words)

	Victorian London - Communications - Post - General Post Office
		It is 400 feet in length and 80 feet in depth ; in the centre of the front is a portico 70 feet in breadth and 20 in length.
		On the foreign post nights, namely, Tuesday and Friday, foreign letters are received at the branch offices until 8 o'clock, amid at this establishment until 11.
		This proving too small for the greatly increased business of the Post Office, extensive additional buildings have been erected on the opposite side of the street for the accommodation of the Telegraph Department.
	www.victorianlondon.org /communications/postoffice.htm (464 words)

	General Post Office - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		General Post Office, building in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, that formed the focal point of the Easter Rising of 1916.
		Following a general election in May 1995, Jean-Luc Dehaene’s coalition government was returned to office.
		In the 17th century, during the English Civil War, Dublin surrendered to English Parliamentary forces to prevent the city from falling to the Irish....
	uk.encarta.msn.com /General_Post_Office.html (129 words)

	General Post Office - City of Sydney
		The General Post Office was regarded as a building which would come to symbolise Sydney in much the same way as the Houses of parliament at Westminster symbolise London or the Eiffel Tower Paris.
		In fact the post and telegraph services of the General Post Office (compared to the Australian Museum or a new Parliament House) were held in such high esteem that the creation of a ‘monument’ gathered unprecedented support across the full spectrum of politics.
		Fortunately, the Parliamentary report was ignored by the Post Master General and the ‘offensive’ carvings remain in all their glory.
	www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au /AboutSydney/HistoryAndArchives/SydneyHistory/HistoricBuildings/GeneralPostOffice.asp (564 words)

	Post Office
		Thus the office of "The Pennsylvania Gazette" became the Post Office.
		Nevertheless, the Post Office, during the period from 1745 to 1752, seems to have been enough of a landmark to have been referred to in directing strangers.
		Although the Act of 1697, for the support of the post, had prescribed penalties for the setting up of private posts, it is probable that the prohibition extended only to the paralleling of official routes.
	www.ushistory.org /franklin/philadelphia/postoffice.htm (2394 words)

	Department of the Treasury - Office of the Curator - Exhibitions
		At the General Post Office, Mills created what has been considered by some to be his masterpiece.
		Photograph of the major space in the General Post Office Building, a vaulted and domed room on the top floor of the south side most recently used as a library.
		A corridor in the General Post Office; compare this photograph to the earlier photograph of a similar corridor in the Treasury Department.
	www.ustreas.gov /offices/management/curator/exhibitions/openspace/board_3/exhibition3b.htm (274 words)

	The Postal Monopoly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		For some time Dockwra struggled with serious financial difficulties; but no sooner had the penny post begun to show a profit than the duke of York, on whom the post office revenues were settled, asserted his monopoly.
		Dockwra was condemned to pay damages and his undertaking was incorporated in the General Post Office; but the London penny post long survived its creator and was maintained until 1801.
		With a realistic appreciation of the underlying difficulties, the Senate Post Office Committee brought in a bill that would combine a drastic reduction in postage rates with stiffer restraints on private competition.
	www.libertyhaven.com /theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/economics/monopolyandindustrialorganization/postalmono.html (1534 words)

	GPO, Edinburgh, GPO Edinburgh, General Post Office, Edinburgh
		The restoration of the General Post Office building is very important to Edinburgh as it is such a key site, visible from major axes and along the Valley, not least from people arriving in Edinburgh for the first time by train.
		The GPO shell has been retained and is currently undergoing redevelopment; sadly there is no connection to Waverley but this development removes a sad scene of dilapidation that lasted many years from the city's heart.
		The facade of the grade A-listed GPO building in Waterloo Place is being propped up by huge steel columns and shrouded by massive advertising wraps with the centre cored to produce a large atrium.
	www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /newtown_gpo.htm (419 words)

	The General Post Office Film Unit
		An extensive body of literature concerning the films produced by the GPO film unit appeared and carried on until the seventies, eighties and nineties.
		The transfer of the EMB to the GPO film unit was followed by the acquisition of larger premises and of an inferior British Visatone system for sound recording as well as the appointment of Alberto Cavalcanti (1934), whose contribution was enormous especially in the fields of sound and editing.
		A group of films that appeared during the middle years of the GPO film unit introduced the direct location recording of speech, an element of substantial significance.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/gpo.html (1902 words)

	Bermuda Post Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Bermuda Post Office is an integral part of the island's infrastructure, which is linked to a worldwide network of communication and exchange.
		The Bermuda Post Office is a government department which provides every household and business across Bermuda, with the ability to communicate and conduct business with each other and the world efficiently and economically.
		The General Post Office and sub offices, with the exception of Bailey's Bay and Perot, offer a full range of services; mail delivery, philatelic sales, post box rentals, custom's duty collections, as well as the purchasing of bus tickets and after school vouchers.
	www.gov.bm /portal/server.pt?space=Opener&parentname=CommunityPage&control=OpenObject&in_hi_OpenerMode=2&in_hi_ClassID=512&in_hi_ObjectID=236 (298 words)

	General Post Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Immediately behind Penn Station, the General Post Office is a McKim, Mead and White structure that survived, a relic from an era when municipal pride was all about making statements – though to say that the Post Office is monumental in the grandest manner still seems to underplay it.
		There's still a working post office branch here, though the main sorting stations have moved into more modern space further west.
		Off course you my visit our offices for more information (please make an appointment), our officehours are monday-friday from 09.00 hrs till 17.00 hrs and saturdays from 10.00 hrs till 16.00 hrs.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/eastern_usa/newyork/nyc_gpo.html (339 words)

	General Post Office - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The term General Post Office is used by a number of postal administrations[?] worldwide.
		Notably, it was the former name of the British postal administration, which at one time combined the functions of state post and telecommunications carrier.
		this is a stub article: a proper article on the history of the Royal Mail and the British Post Office in all its incarnations, pre- and post-privatisation, needs to be written
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /gp/GPO.html (78 words)

	General Post Office - Dublin Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		My fondest memory is seeing the GPO where a good part of the 1916 Easter Rising took place and being in total disbelief that I was actually standing right where the fighting had occurred and where those great men of Irish istory had once stood.
		The GPO is not quite 200 years old -- relatively young for Ireland -- but it was the site of the 1916 Easter Rising (you can see and touch the bullet holes in the front facade and pillars).
		While outside the post office, be sure to look closely at the building and its column supports, for it's there you can still see the evidence of the 1916 battles that destroyed this monument, marking this event as the birth date of Ireland's achievement of her independance from England.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Ireland/County_Dublin/Dublin-296021/General_Tips-Dublin-General_Post_Office-BR-1.html (573 words)

	ON THIS DAY \| 9 \| 1957: Post Office issues Christmas warning
		The General Post Office has started its annual campaign urging members of the public to post their Christmas cards early to ensure they arrive on time.
		This will alleviate the massive workload on the Post Office which is bracing itself for a fourfold increase on the usual amount of articles it handles - about 800 million cards, letters and parcels over the Christmas period.
		The GPO ceased to be a government department on 1 October 1969 and was nationalised as a public corporation, a process pushed forward by the then Postmaster General Anthony Wedgwood Benn.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9/newsid_3271000/3271363.stm (452 words)

	General Post Office
		The General Post Office (GPO), a striking building by any comparison, was designed by Francis Johnston and cost £50,000 to build.
		In April1916 the GPO had been occupied as the virtual headquarters of the Rebels during the 1916 Rising and had been set ablaze by the British artillery.
		A further extensive renovation was carried out in 1984 to mark the creation of An Post, a semi-state company which had been formed from the old Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
	www.dublinks.com /index.cfm/loc/6-5/pt/0/spid/1C3B06DC-38FA-4452-A415B08D0ADE0800.htm (195 words)

	General Post Office- Dublin, Ireland - VirtualTourist.com
		The GPO is one of the main symbols from the 1916 Easter Rising, it is worth seeing....a beautiful building right in the middle of O Connell Street.
		The GPO (General Post Office) is the main post office in Dublin.
		The General Post Office in the middle of busy O'Connell Street was where the 1916 Easter Rising began, with the leaders reading their proclamation from the front steps, and bullet holes can still be seen in the pillars outside.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Ireland/County_Dublin/Dublin-296021/Things_To_Do-Dublin-General_Post_Office-BR-1.html (1043 words)

	General Post Office / Moynihan Station New York City.com : Arts & Attractions : Editorial Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		One of New York's architectural treasures, the 1913 McKim, Mead & White General Post Office (officially the James A. Farley Post Office), awaits transformation into the future Pennsylvania Station, to be named in honor of the former New York senator who championed the project, Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
		The post office was constructed after purchasing the land from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913.
		The post office had already shifted much of its sorting to the nearby Morgan General Mail Facility, and the General Post Office moreover did not exactly make the best use of existing space.
	www.nyc.com /arts__attractions/General_Post_Office__Moynihan_Station/editorial.aspx (956 words)

	Lao PDR General Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The General Post Office is on the corner of Thanon Khou Vieng and Lane Xang Avenue, opposite the Morning Market.
		Most areas of the Post Office are open during normal business hours Monday to Saturday; however the service of sending letters remains open during Lunch hours, as does collection of mail from boxes.
		Generally the telephone service is operated by Entreprise des Telecommunications Lao (ETL) which is a Government enterprise set up under the Ministry of Communications Transport Post and Construction (MCTPC).
	www.laoembassy.com /news/online/laoinfo.htm (1895 words)

	General Post Office Addresses Issue of Timely Mail Delivery
		Monday, February 16, 2004 - By the end of March, persons residing in rural communities are to register a higher level of satisfaction with regard to the delivery of postal services in their communities.
		Assistant Post Master General, Philomen St.Clair says the General Post Office in Castries recently embarked on a project to improve the postal service in rural areas.
		On February 02nd the General Post Office also introduced a lunch-hour service in the Parcel Post Section to facilitate Customs Inspections.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr2004/february/general_post_office_addresses_issue_of_timely_mail_delivery.htm (144 words)

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