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The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
English: 1969 GPO map showing states, counties and regional economics divisions that was used for planning the Area Health Education Center Program. (Source, personal collection, Daniel R. Smith, former National AHEC Coordinator).
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
The first permanent post office in the country was established by the British in Colombo in 1882, when the country was a crown colony. [1] It was housed in several different locations until the construction of the General Post Office building at 17 Kings Street (now known as Janadhipathi Mawatha), Colombo Fort, opposite the-then Governor's residence at King's House (now the President's House ...
The GPO Museum is located in the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland which opened on 29 March 2016. [1] On the same location was the An Post Museum located between 28 July 2010 and 30 May 2015. It was a small museum which offered visitors an insight into the role played by the Post Office in the development of Irish society over many ...
General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Hobart GPO) is a landmark building located on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Macquarie Street in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It stands next to the former Mercury Building and has served as the headquarters of the Tasmanian Postal system since its construction in 1905, though mail ...
An island with model homes on the westernmost edge of the "Greenland" group. The World islands map, annotated with existing developments as of 2014. These are some of the developments which were scheduled for construction on various islands of The World in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The architecture of the General Post Office building has been referred to as High Edwardian Classical [8] and a "free treatment of the Greek Renaissance". [6] It features a neo-classical facade, featuring Donnybrook stone (a sandstone), including large paired Ionic columns , rising above an arcade lined with Mahogany Creek Granite facing. [ 10 ]