• points. Terminal railway post offices operated generally from 1913-1914 into the mid-1960s, before their function was absorbed by post office sectional...
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    In Canada and the United States, a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service...
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    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...
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  • The Railway Mail Service of the United States Post Office Department was a significant mail transportation service in the US from the mid-19th century...
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    Until 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department, or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s.: 60–65  During that era, the postmaster...
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  • including those now obsolete. As early as October 1831, the United States Post Office recognized common abbreviations for states and territories. However,...
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    Post was transported over water in the United States in the later nineteenth and the twentieth century. Route agents and, later, railway post office (RPO)...
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    postal codes began with postal district/zone numbers. The United States Post Office Department (USPOD) implemented postal zones for 178 large cities in May...
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    changing the proportion of BEV NGDVs to 100%. During the May 2022 National Post Forum, the USPS confirmed that it will increase the number of BEV NGDVs in...
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    reliability test. Real-world testing at the Fountain Valley, California post office during July and August demonstrated the average route covered 13–16 miles...
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