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This is a picture of a letter box from the post office. This
type of letter box is found a little bit everywhere in Sydney,
it allows the tourists to put their post cards and letters in,
instead of going to a Post Office which may be not in the
neighbourhood. The general Post Office of Sydney is located at
Martin Place, George and Pitt streets. The general Post Office
of Sydney has been constructed during 1866 and 1891. Before the
General Post office was constructed it was decided that the
building should symbolise Sydney. The first postmaster in Sydney
was Isaac Nichols in 1809 who was an ex-convict. In 1838 the
first overland mail services started operation between Sydney
and Melbourne. During the same year the first adhesive stamp
came out. It was only in 1844 that the first letter box appeared
and each town could get one. In 1849 same postal rates were
applied. Sea mail to England started in 1856. In 1875 were
issued the first postcards in Sydney General Post Office. Telex
was introduced in 1954. In 1962 the first automatic postal
station was created in Melbourne. In 1967 postcodes were
introduced in Australia, each mail delivery area got a four
digit number. In 1971 were introduced the Priority Paid Mail. In
1999 was introduced bar-coded mail. |
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