Mail carrier
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A mail carrier, also referred to as a mailman, mailwoman, mailperson, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, postperson, letter carrier, or colloquially postie, is an employee of a post office or postal service who delivers mail and parcel post to residences and businesses. The term "mail carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. In the Royal Mail, the official name changed from "letter carrier" to "postman" in 1883, and "postwoman" has also been used for many years.
19th-century English postman
Postmen walking in the laneway beside Brisbane's General Post Office, c. 1936
20th-century mounted postman in Buenos Aires
21st-century postman in London delivering mail from a modern mail cart
Post office
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A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional services, which vary by country. These include providing and accepting government forms, and processing government services and fees. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.
A post office building in Edithburgh, Australia
The West Toledo Branch Post Office in Toledo, Ohio, in 1912
The old General Post Office on Lombard Street, London, in 1803
A Canadian sorting office in 2006