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<p>The <b>General Post Office</b> (<b>GPO</b>) was the state <a href="page.php?w=postal_system">postal system</a> and <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications">telecommunications</a> carrier of the <a href="page.php?w=United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a <a href="page.php?w=state_monopoly">state monopoly</a> covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen</p><p>
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