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Post Office Box facts for kids

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A Post Office Box or PO box is a rentable, lockable box that is located at a post office, registered under a unique address that is used to receive mail.

Only post office workers and the person or organization renting the box from the post office can get into the PO box.

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  • Post box Haslen 02

    Outdoor Post Office Boxes (as common in Switzerland) numbers one to six at 9054 Haslen, Switzerland.

  • PO-Boxes

    PO boxes inside the NamPost main building in Windhoek.

  • Post Office Boxes in General Post Office, Hong Kong

    Post office boxes in General Post Office, Hong Kong.

  • USPS Post office boxes 1

    A post office box full of mail

  • USPS Post office boxes 2

    PO boxes in the lobby of a U.S. post office

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