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postal service

company or government agency in charge of transporting and delivering mail
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postal service

Summary

postal service ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • postal service's field of work was mail[2].
  • postal service's field of work was mail item[3].
  • postal service is a type of company[4].
  • postal service's Commons category is recorded as Postal organizations[5].
  • postal service's industry is recorded as postal sector[6].
  • postal service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Postal organizations[7].
  • postal service's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/ParcelService[8].
  • postal service's has list is recorded as list of postal entities[9].

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Definition and Type

postal service is a type of company[4].

Why It Matters

postal service ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

CTT Correios de Portugal Deutsche Post AG DHL Die Schweizerische Post La Poste Messageries nationales Posti Group Royal Mail United States Postal Service UzPost

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → company
    Field of work → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13168, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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