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

There were no accounts between the island post office and the general post office.

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

We saw the temple, the bank, the general post office and the theatre; had tea at a café and took the train back to the port, and arrived on the boat in time for dinner.

From My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 by Stanley, Monica M.