(in Britain until 1969) the department of the central Government that provided postal and telephone services
the main post office in a locality
First recorded in 1650–60
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For 30 years, he was a United States Postal Service employee, toiling mostly in the vast mail-sorting room beyond the imposing columns of what was New York City’s general post office in Midtown Manhattan.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2022
The hall occupies what was once a mail-sorting room in the city’s general post office.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021
Another 500 occupied the general post office, 200 moved into the Civic Art Gallery and there they stayed one month.
From Time Magazine Archive
The memorial and Sutherland's reply were transmitted to the general post office.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
In reporting this achievement to the general post office, Franklin states that the mails travel by night as well as by day, which had never been done before in America.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
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