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johnfowles · 10-27-2003, 11:10 AM

quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder:
for us postal types PO means Post Office...sorry.
I have thought it strange ever since I arrived in the States that here you have POST offices but the MAILman delivers the MAIL and the whole lot is sort of run by USPS The US POSTal Service. In England by way of contrast the post is delivered by a POSTie who works from a similarly named
POST Office run nowadays by a semi-commercial outfit now called
POST Office Counters but their POST is carried around the UK by vehicles and
trains and planes bearing the logo Royal MAIL
All very confusing!!!
Some sample pictures
train sorting carriage

Al UK readers will be very familiar with POSTman Pat shown here in his POSTbus

here is an old royal MAIL delivery van

and the very latest thing a "Scootable"

I was unable to find a MAIL plane pic but found a nice animated gif of MAIL Plane stamps and then found that the picture display system here does not cover animated gifs so you'll have to see it at- Later thanks to Jimmy iI got it working fine:-

in sequence the planes are an Airbus, Concorde,Trident,Vickers VC10,Comet <A
and of course do not forget the unlucky RMS Titanic

Notre that all British non-military ships are called RMS (Royal Mail Ship)
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10-27-2003, 11:10 AM	#36
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder: for us postal types PO means Post Office...sorry. I have thought it strange ever since I arrived in the States that here you have POST offices but the MAILman delivers the MAIL and the whole lot is sort of run by USPS The US POSTal Service. In England by way of contrast the post is delivered by a POSTie who works from a similarly named POST Office run nowadays by a semi-commercial outfit now called POST Office Counters but their POST is carried around the UK by vehicles and trains and planes bearing the logo Royal MAIL All very confusing!!! Some sample pictures train sorting carriage Al UK readers will be very familiar with POSTman Pat shown here in his POSTbus here is an old royal MAIL delivery van and the very latest thing a "Scootable" I was unable to find a MAIL plane pic but found a nice animated gif of MAIL Plane stamps and then found that the picture display system here does not cover animated gifs so you'll have to see it at- Later thanks to Jimmy iI got it working fine:- in sequence the planes are an Airbus, Concorde,Trident,Vickers VC10,Comet <A and of course do not forget the unlucky RMS Titanic Notre that all British non-military ships are called RMS (Royal Mail Ship) ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited November 17, 2003).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited November 17, 2003).]