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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).
With demand for print publications falling and a move underway to digital document production and preservation, the name of the GPO was officially changed to "Government Publishing Office" in a provision of an omnibus government funding bill passed by Congress in December 2014. [6]
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 ...
A blueprint is a reproduction of a technical drawing or engineering drawing using a contact print process on light-sensitive sheets introduced by Sir John Herschel in 1842. [1] The process allowed rapid and accurate production of an unlimited number of copies.
The General Post Office (GPO) of the United Kingdom carried the sole responsibility for providing telecommunication services across the country with the exception of Hull. . The GPO issued a range of telephone instruments to telephone service subscribers that were matched in function and performance to its telephone exchang
Originally known as the General Letter Office, [1] the headquarters of the General Post Office (GPO) had been based in the City of London since the first half of the 17th century. For 150 years, it was in Lombard Street , before a new purpose-built headquarters, designed by Robert Smirke , was opened on the eastern side of St. Martin's Le Grand ...
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and published originally for the IBM PCjr in 1984 and later for several other systems between 1984 and 1989. The game was originally titled King's Quest ; the subtitle was added to the games box art in the 1987 re-release, but did not appear in the game.
The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of An Post — the Irish Post Office. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin [ 1 ] — the capital city of Ireland — and is situated in the centre of O'Connell Street , the city's main thoroughfare.