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The Toronto Street Post Office, also known as Toronto's Seventh Post Office, is a heritage building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] It was completed in 1853 and is located at 10 Toronto Street in downtown Toronto. The building was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and Thomas Ridout in the Greek Revival style. [1]
Royal Mail signage at a Toronto post office built in 1833.The British Royal Mail administered the Province of Canada's postal system until 1851.. On August 3, 1527, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the first known letter was sent from present day Canada. [10]
In the late 1960s, however, the Post Office began implementing a three-digit zone number scheme in major cities to replace existing one- and two-digit zone numbers, starting in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. [10] For example, an address in Metropolitan Toronto would be addressed as: [11] 1253 Bay Street Toronto 185, Ontario
LINE 2: STREET ADDRESS OR POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER LINE 3: CITY OR TOWN NAME, OTHER PRINCIPAL SUBDIVISION (such as PROVINCE, STATE, or COUNTRY) AND POSTAL CODE (IF KNOWN) (Note: in some countries, the postal code may precede the city or town name) LINE 4: COUNTRY NAME (UPPERCASE LETTERS IN ENGLISH) From the USPS IMM 122.1 Destination address
The building c. 1839. The building opened in 1833, before York became the City of Toronto.Therefore, the post office is known both as the "Fourth York Post Office" (as there had been three prior post offices in the settlement) and "Toronto's First Post Office" (as it was the first post office to serve the newly incorporated city). [1]
The post office name was retained while moving location several times. This is a source of confusion and the reason 'Bella Bella' sometimes appears on Denny Island rather than Campbell Island on some Provincial maps. The Hudson's Bay Company's Fort McLoughlin was near the same location, which is on McLoughlin Bay. [4]
Tappen is an unincorporated community in British Columbia. ... Tappen first appeared on BC Land maps in 1891. [4] A year later the Tappen Siding post office opened in ...
Unlike the later definition, Pemberton Meadows then included the current Pemberton. The general store/post office was housed in a log building on his farm, which was immediately northwest of Pemberton. Mail travelled via Lillooet. [13] After a few years, the post office reopened at the later defined Pemberton Meadows. [17]