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Post office box, the Glossary

A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.^[1]

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Postal infrastructure

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called payment on delivery, cash on demand, payment on demand or collect on delivery is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance. Post office box and cash on delivery are postal systems.

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Combination lock

A combination lock is a type of locking device in which a sequence of symbols, usually numbers, is used to open the lock.

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Commercial mail receiving agency

Within the United States, a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA) is a private business that accepts mail from the Postal Service on behalf of third parties. Post office box and commercial mail receiving agency are postal systems.

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El Centro, California

El Centro (Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States.

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Federal holidays in the United States

Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays.

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FedEx

FedEx Corporation, originally Federal Express Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company focused on transportation, e-commerce and business services based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Homelessness

Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Keypad

A keypad is a block or pad of buttons set with an arrangement of digits, symbols, or alphabetical letters.

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Korea Post

Korea Post is the national postal service of South Korea, under the authority of the Ministry of Science and ICT, formerly Ministry of Knowledge Economy until 2013.

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Locker

A locker is a small, usually narrow storage compartment.

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Mail forwarding

Post offices and other mail service providers typically offer a mail forwarding service, commonly known as hybrid mail or virtual post office box services, to redirect mail addressed to one location to another address – usually for a given period. Post office box and mail forwarding are postal systems.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Parcel locker

A parcel locker is an automated postal box that allows users for a self-service collection of parcels and oversize letters as well as the dispatch of parcels. Post office box and parcel locker are postal infrastructure.

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Pedestrian zone

Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed.

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Philippine Postal Corporation

The Philippine Postal Corporation (Korporasyong Pangkoreo ng Pilipinas), abbreviated and stylized as PHLPost and also known as the Philippine Post Office, is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President, responsible for providing postal services in the Philippines.

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Pigeon-hole messagebox

A pigeon-hole messagebox (commonly referred to as a pigeon-hole or pidge, a cubbyhole (often shortened to "cubby") or simply as a mailbox in some academic or office settings) is an internal mail system commonly used for communication in organisations, workplaces and educational institutes in the United Kingdom and other countries.

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Post box

A post box (British English; also written postbox; also known as pillar box), also known as a collection box, mailbox, letter box or drop box (American English), is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. Post office box and post box are Containers and postal infrastructure.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Poste restante

Poste restante, also known as general delivery in North American English, is a service where the post office holds the mail until the recipient calls for it. Post office box and poste restante are postal systems.

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Private mail bag

A private mail bag (PMB), locked bag or caller service is a term for a special form of postal delivery in some countries, usually a government department or large private company, which receive large volumes of mail. Post office box and private mail bag are postal systems.

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Registered mail

Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made.

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Renting

Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the use of a good, service or property owned by another over a fixed period of time.

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Royal Mail

The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company.

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Seals in the Sinosphere

In the Sinosphere, seals (stamps) can be applied on objects to establish personal identification. They are commonly applied on items such as personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, and art. They are used similarly to signatures in the West. Unlike in the West, where wax seals are common, Sinosphere seals are used with ink.

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South African Post Office

South African Post Office (SA Post Office) is the national postal service of South Africa and as a state owned enterprise, its only shareholder is the South African government.

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United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or 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 its associated states.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_office_box

Also known as Delivery locker, P. O. Box, P.O. Box, P.O. boxes, PO Box, PO boxes, Post-office box, Postal Box, Postal Mail Box, Postal mailbox, Postoffice box.