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General Post Office, Mumbai | |
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General information | |
Type | Post office |
Architectural style | Indo-Saracenic |
Location | Fort, Mumbai, India |
Coordinates | 18°56′19.56″N 72°50′13.34″E / 18.9387667°N 72.8370389°E |
Construction started | 1904 |
Completed | 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]