General Post Office, Mumbai

General Post Office, Mumbai
Façade of General Post Office, Mumbai, in 2019
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General information
TypePost office
Architectural styleIndo-Saracenic
LocationFort, Mumbai, India
Coordinates18°56′19.56″N 72°50′13.34″E / 18.9387667°N 72.8370389°E / 18.9387667; 72.8370389
Construction started1904; 120 years ago (1904)
Completed1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Design and construction
Architect(s)John Begg
Other information
Public transit access Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

The General Post Office, Mumbai, is the central post office of the city of Mumbai, India. The post office handles most of the city's inbound and outbound mail and parcels. Situated in the vicinity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Mumbai General Post Office (GPO) is a paradigm of Indo-Saracenic architecture.

Mumbai GPO is one of the five Philatelic Bureaus in the country (others being Chennai GPO, Kolkata GPO, Parliament Street, and New Delhi GPO) that are authorised to sell the United Nations stamps.[citation needed]