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  2. United States Post Office Department - Wikipedia

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    The first postal service in America commenced in February 1692. Rates of postage were fixed and authorized, and measures were taken to establish a post office in each town in Virginia. Massachusetts and the other colonies soon passed postal laws, and a very imperfect post office system was established. Neale's patent expired in 1710, when ...

  3. List of United States post offices - Wikipedia

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    Several United States post offices are individually notable and have operated under the authority of the United States Post Office Department (1792–1971) or the United States Postal Service (since 1971). Notable U.S. post offices include individual buildings, whether still in service or not, which have architectural or community-related ...

  4. Timeline of postal history - Wikipedia

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    1821 - Carlo Meratti, an Italian, living in Alexandria, establishes a post office to send and receive mail to and from foreign countries. [11] 1825 - The US establishes a dead letter office. [12] 1828 - Hellenic postal service established.

  5. Long Beach Main Post Office - Wikipedia

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    Long Beach's postal system was established in 1885, predating the city's official incorporation. [4] The first postmaster was Col. W.W. Lowe. [5] The proposal for the new main post office building was officially accepted in March 1931, [6] and the groundbreaking took place one year later in March 1932. [7]

  6. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.

  7. Signed, Sealed and Delivered: 17 Historic and Unique Post ...

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    Turns out the states had separate post offices until 1892, when the first joint post office was built on the state line. The current structure, completed in 1933, features Texas pink granite and ...

  8. United States Postal Savings System - Wikipedia

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    A certificate of a $5 deposit in the United States Postal Savings System issued on September 10, 1932. The United States Postal Savings System was a postal savings system signed into law by President William Howard Taft and operated by the United States Post Office Department, predecessor of the United States Postal Service, from January 1, 1911, until July 1, 1967.

  9. United States Post Office (Palo Alto, California) - Wikipedia

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    The Hamilton Station is a historic post office in Palo Alto, California. Formerly the main office for the city of Palo Alto, the post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1981, as the U.S. Post Office .