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Israeli Postal Service
The Israel Postal Company (), formerly called the Israel Postal Authority and currently doing business as Israel Post, is a government-owned corporation that provides postal services in Israel. Israel Post has 5,000 employees,Deal on Postal Company ends weeks-long strikes - Retrieved 7 October 2014 including 1,650 mail delivery staff and 2,000 postal clerks manning 700 post office branches around the country. It has a network of 4,262 mail boxes and 1,000 mail trucks. Some 2.5 million postal items are sorted every day. History The Israel Postal Company has its roots in the postal system from the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate period (1920-1948). In 1948, after the Declaration of Independence (Israel), establishment of the State of Israel, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Post Office Building (Jerusalem)
The Central post office building is a British Mandate-era building on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem. History The building was built as General Post Office during the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate, one of three government buildings in this area. Construction was between 1934 and 1938 to the design of the main architect of the public works department of the British Mandate, Austen Harrison and the Government architect Percy Harold Winter. The total cost was £120,000 for the building to house the administrative and engineering staff of ''Palestine Post, Telegraph & Telephone'', the Jerusalem central telephone exchange and the Jerusalem post office. The opening ceremony was held on 18 June 1938, in the presence of the High Commissioner and hundreds of guests. The building is typical of the 'Mandatory' style. See also *Architecture in Israel References {{coord, 31.780268, 35.222286, type:landmark_region:IL, display=title Postal history of Mandatory Palestine Post offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
