postal station

collocation in English

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postal
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.stəl/us
/ˈpoʊ.stəl/
relating to post or to the public service that collects and delivers ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofpostalandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These were actually applied on board the zeppelin while in flight, at a smallpostalstation.
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Its use as apostalstationbrought many people to the town.
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The numbering was arranged so that the centre with the communitys mainpostalstationwas given the number 1.
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The postillons hornet indicates that the village was apostalstation; the star represent the four villages in the municipality.
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Apostalstationand stage coach stop operated from the building in the 1820s-1830s.
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Knittlingen was used as apostalstationin 1495 and 1499.
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It is known that thepostalstationwas running from 1506 to about 1558.
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The museum reconstructs thepostalstationof the 19th century.
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It was also connected to a newpostalstationon the south side of the station.
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Postal clerks kept records of dispatches, and postal stations maintained a staff of cantonal officers who guarded mail delivery routes.
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Roadways, wooden bridges, postal stations, and relay stations were occasionally repaired, while many new facilities such as these were established.
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After 1850, in the administrative cities, the urban postal stations were converted into post offices.
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The central government employed thousands of postal workers of various ranks and responsibilities to provide service for post offices and larger postal stations.
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Roads, bridges, postal stations and a khan were built in the town to accommodate the messengers.
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The need for a new, larger courthouse and post office was becoming so acute that temporary postal stations were established to handle the overflow of postal congestion.
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Postal stations were used not only for the transmission and delivery of official mail but were also available for traveling officials, military men, and foreign dignitaries.
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