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Fascinating Facts for the New Year – Shanghai – The Home of the Only Overseas US Post Office in 1935

Posted: January 2nd, 2016 | 2 Comments »

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2 Comments on “Fascinating Facts for the New Year – Shanghai – The Home of the Only Overseas US Post Office in 1935”

  1. 1 Michael OKane said at 5:39 pm on January 4th, 2016:

    Interesting that the US post office in the Canal Zone was considered a domestic office. But what about military post offices? Didn’t they exist in 1935?

    Given that there was a U.S. district court in Shanghai, it’s not altogether surprising that there was a post office. There are still post offices run out of embassies today.

  2. 2 Paul French said at 5:41 pm on January 4th, 2016:

    In Shanghai the court offices and the USPO were the same address. Indeed USPOs still exist including on Fenwick Pier in Hong Kong – it opens when a US ship is in port

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