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MAIN POST OFFICE [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Post Offices
DEF

[A] facility operated in [large] urban centres to provide counter and delivery services for heavily populated areas [located at] some distance from the main post office.

OBS

postal station; station; STN: terms and abbreviation used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureaux de poste
DEF

Établissement [exploité] dans les principaux centres urbains, [qui] fournit [des] services au comptoir et de livraison par facteurs, et ce, dans les secteurs très peuplés, éloignés du bureau de poste principal.

OBS

succursale postale; succursale; SUCC : termes et abréviation en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Post Offices
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
DEF

(...) a system whereby personal contact mail which could not be delivered by regular delivery service is held at a convenient sub office for customers to pick up to save them the need to travel a considerable distance to the main post office or a postal station.

OBS

For source PCSTA-E, see Postal Standard and Guideline No. 411-1-40 entitled "Call-for Service - Sub Post Offices", published on 12 October, 1977 by the Canada Post Office Department.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureaux de poste
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
DEF

(...) un système selon lequel les envois à remettre en main propre qui ne peuvent être livrés par le service de distribution ordinaire sont gardés dans des bureaux auxiliaires bien situés, où les clients peuvent en prendre livraison sans avoir à parcourir de grandes distances pour se rendre au bureau de poste principal ou à une succursale postale.

OBS

Pour la source PCSTA-F, voir la Norme et ligne directrice des postes numérotée 411-1-40, intitulée "Service de remise au comptoir aux bureaux auxiliaires" et publiée le 12 octobre 1977 par le ministère des postes du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
DEF

A service provided to customers at the main post office, postal stations and certain designated sub offices to obtain personal contact mail, such as COD's and large parcels, which could not be delivered by the regular delivery service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
OBS

Après tentative de livraison.

Spanish

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