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Postmaster (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), the title of Postmaster General is commonly used.

Responsibilities of a postmaster typically include management of a centralized mail distribution facility, establishment of letter carrier routes, supervision of letter carriers and clerks, and enforcement of the organization's rules and procedures.

The level of pay is based on deliveries and revenue of the post office. Levels are from EAS (Executive and Administrative Service) 11 through 26. Smaller part time post offices are EP levels 51-55. Larger metropolitan post offices are PCES (Postal Career Executive Service).

Many Postmasters are members of a management organization which consults with USPS for compensation and policy. The two management organizations are NAPUS (National Association of Postmasters of the United States) [1] which has approximately 80% of Postmasters as members and The League of Postmasters [2] which is a smaller group. Some Postmasters are members of both organizations.

Each post office facility has a Postmaster, whether there are hundreds of employees or if there is just one (the postmaster himself or herself).

In the United States, women have served as postmasters since the Revolutionary War and even earlier, under British rule. "Postmaster," regardless of the person's sex, has always been the official title for this position.

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A postmaster is the head of an individual post office.

Postmaster may also refer to:
  • Postmaster (computing), the administrator of an email server
  • Postmaster, an undergraduate scholar of Merton College, Oxford

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post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sortation, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.[1] Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies.
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A Postmaster General is the national politician in charge of the postal system of a country. In most nations he or she is an appointed official of cabinet rank.

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  • United Kingdom Postmaster General
  • United States Postmaster General

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mail carrier, post carrier, or postman (sometimes known as a mailman or letter carrier in North America or New Zealand and a postie in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK) is an employee of the post office or postal service, who delivers mail and
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A Postmaster General is the national politician in charge of the postal system of a country. In most nations he or she is an appointed official of cabinet rank.

See:
  • United Kingdom Postmaster General
  • United States Postmaster General

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In the United Kingdom, the Postmaster General is a now defunct ministerial position.

The king's letters to his subjects are known to have been carried by relays of couriers as long ago as the 15th century. In 1510, Sir Brian Tuke was appointed as "Master of the King's Post".
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The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence.
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mail carrier, post carrier, or postman (sometimes known as a mailman or letter carrier in North America or New Zealand and a postie in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK) is an employee of the post office or postal service, who delivers mail and
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