general post office

Example Sentences

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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

A number of post offices had been opened in Upper Canada and the impression in the general post office was that they were unprofitable.

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

The gain in time by the New York route was submitted to the general post office, but the proposition to land the mails at that port was opposed by the secretary.

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