general post office

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For 30 years, he was a United States Postal Service employee, toiling mostly in the vast mail-sorting room beyond the imposing columns of what was New York City’s general post office in Midtown Manhattan.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2022

The hall occupies what was once a mail-sorting room in the city’s general post office.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

Another 500 occupied the general post office, 200 moved into the Civic Art Gallery and there they stayed one month.

From Time Magazine Archive

The interests of the Howes were as much engaged to the affairs of the province, as to those of the general post office, and this fact was recognized by the legislature.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir

The general post office learned for the first time that for some years the provincial post office was carried on partly with the assistance of the legislature.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir