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BOXHOLDER [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-01-28

English

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

A customer renting or using a post office box.

OBS

boxholder: term used at Canada Post.

Key term(s)
  • box holder

French

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

Client qui loue ou utilise une case postale dans un bureau de poste.

OBS

locataire de case postale : terme 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
  • Postal Correspondence
CONT

Boxholder Mail. Parcels, packages of mail, shortpaid items, etc., addressed to box holders and held in the general delivery section may be delivered to the boxholder or his representative at the general delivery counter subject to the presentation of the relevant notice card and payment of any charges due.

OBS

For source PCEXP-E, 1974, see p. 5 of the section entitled "General Delivery", dated 1974, in the Canadian P.O.D.'s Manual of Operating Procedures for Staff Post Offices, Parts A-C. For source PCEXP-E, 1975, see the section entitled "Operating Procedure for Revenue Offices", dates 1975, in the Canadian P.O.D.'s Manual of Operating Procedures for Staff Post Offices, Parts R-U.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureaux de poste
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
CONT

Révision du courrier des cases postales. (...) Afin d'éviter que soient retardés les objets de correspondance qui auraient été placés par erreur dans les cases, révisez le courrier déposé dans les cases qui ne sont pas vidées régulièrement.

OBS

Pour la source PCEXP-F, voir la section intitulée "Procédés d'exploitation à l'usage des bureaux à commission", datée 1975, dans la partie A-C du Manuel des procédés d'exploitation pour les bureaux urbains (ministère des postes du Canada).

Spanish

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