We go to there whenever we need to send a letter, telegram or a parcel, to buy stamps, or pick up our letters, etc. Stamps can be bought either at the post office or you can get them from a slot machine. In England they don´t sell stamps at the tobacconist's. We take a letter to the post office to send it or we can drop it in the nearest postbox. Every postbox has a tab indicating when the letters are collected. From the postbox letters are taken to the post office, where they are sorted through and marked. Then they are transported in mail vans. Some hours later letters are delivered.

If we want to send a telegram, we take a telegram form from the desk, fill it in and hand it in the telegram counter. The clerk counts the words and says how much we are to pay for it.

When we are sending a parcel, we have to get the well-packed parcel weighed, fill in a form, and stick a label on the parcel and then pay for sending it. If sending something valuable we can have it insured. In Britain postboxes are in the shape of red pillars. In major towns each pillar-box has a tab with information, where the nearest post office can be found. The postal vans are red too. The main post office in an area is called the General Post Office (GPO). The mailboxes in the USA are placed on street corners and have a blue colour. The post keeps us in contact with relatives.