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General Post Office

postal system in the United Kingdom
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General Post Office

Summary

General Post Office is an organization[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • General Post Office's instance of is recorded as organization[3].
  • General Post Office was followed by Post Office Limited[4].
  • General Post Office's child organization or unit is recorded as GPO Film Unit[5].
  • 1660 marks the founding of General Post Office[6].
  • General Post Office was dissolved in 1969[7].
  • General Post Office's topic's main category is recorded as Category:General Post Office[8].
  • General Post Office's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GPO'}[9].

Body

Founding

1660 marks the founding of General Post Office[6].

Identity

General Post Office was followed by Post Office Limited[4]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GPO'}[9].

Operations

General Post Office's child organization or unit is recorded as GPO Film Unit[5].

Dissolution

General Post Office was dissolved in 1969[7].

Why It Matters

General Post Office has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . BFI Film & TV Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Pigsonthewing · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subsidiary → —
    Aliases → —
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Dissolved → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14397]]: 3828, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290071554|Post Office (#290071554)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7918|‎Darwin Correspondents"
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