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Envelope with return address in top left corner. In postal mail, a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message. It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed.
PO boxes in the lobby of a U.S. post office. Post office boxes are usually mounted in a wall of the post office, either an external wall or a wall in a lobby, so that staff on the inside may deposit mail in a box, while a key holder (some older post office boxes use a combination dial instead of a key) in the lobby or on the outside of the building may open their box to retrieve the mail.
P.O. Box 1201, Manila Central Post Office 1050 Manila Mr. Juan C. Masipag P.O. Box 1121, Araneta Center Post Office 1135 Quezon City, Metro Manila. Direct delivery.
Specially printed envelopes are used, with the permit holder's address, the words "Reply Paid" with an authorization number. The stamp is replaced by three vertical black stripes and a postal bar code. The permit holder pays the postage plus a fee to the postal authority. The customer may also write the Reply Paid envelope out by hand. [1]
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A postman collecting mail for delivery. The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems.
The postmarks bore the initial of the particular post office or handling house it was sent from along with a separate time stamp. Postage was prepaid and the postmark was applied to the mailed item by means of an inked hand-stamp. Some historians also consider these postmarks to be the world's first postage "stamps". [3]
In some regions, such as the United Kingdom, one may simply write "PAR AVION -- BY AIR MAIL" on the envelope, [1] even though etiquettes are available free of charge from post offices. The United States officially requires international First Class and Priority Mail letters to be marked with "AIRMAIL/PAR AVION".