By country Post-office box

1 country

1.1 africa
1.2 asia
1.3 oceania

1.3.1 australia
1.3.2 new zealand


1.4 europe

1.4.1 austria
1.4.2 united kingdom


1.5 north america

by country

many countries offer type of po boxes different uses. there increasing number of private companies provide similar po box services official postal service privately under guise of mail forwarding.

africa

po boxes inside nampost main building in windhoek.

in namibia, po boxes form of mail delivery private individuals. small settlements feature block of po boxes rent. in windhoek, capital , large town, blocks of po boxes scattered on city , not located @ post offices @ shopping malls, in pedestrian zones or on public places.

the south african post office has post boxes available rent. these attached to, or close post office. in urban areas po boxes rent there maybe home delivery of mail. in rural areas post boxes compulsory no street deliveries take place. in area s there no street delivery, post boxes not charged for. boxes , street delivery postal codes may same in area, or may differ. private bags available recipients of large mail volumes.

asia

post office boxes in general post office, hong kong.

in hong kong, po boxes available in 2 different sizes. available in many post offices throughout territory.

in japan, po boxes available @ post office locations. there no cost rent post office box, renter must able retrieve mail regularly (daily, in principle) box. renter must rent box 6 months or more.

in philippines, po boxes available rent in selected post offices. po boxes, known lock boxes, available in 3 sizes: small, medium , large.

in south korea, po boxes available in 1 size @ selected post offices. there no charge renting po box, renter must fetch mail @ least once in 30 days. application available @ post office valid id, seal receiving registered mail, , key fee(usually around 10,000 won). seoul cpo box room po box in korea automated mail retrieving system.

oceania
australia

in australia, wall-mounted po boxes come in 5 sizes: small, medium, large, jumbo , a4. different sizes boxes can mixed arbitrarily on wall. there option locked private bag comes in 2 different sizes well: small , large.

po boxes , private locked bags can combined.

new zealand

in new zealand, customers have option select between 2 sizes of po boxes: small , large. there option hire private bag similar locked bags in other countries. annual fee paid annually in advance.

europe
austria

in austria, po boxes come in 1 size, , 4 different versions

only mail austrian post can delivered austrian post po box, there private companies offering same service example anonymous or parcels.

united kingdom

in united kingdom, applying royal mail po box must produce documentation verify home or business address.

north america

in canada, postal boxes available in 5 different sizes (a, b, c, d & e). available in post offices throughout country.

in united states, po boxes available through united states postal service (usps). available in 5 different sizes. arranged smallest boxes @ top largest boxes @ bottom. 2 largest sizes may configured drawers. rent po box, 2 different forms of identification required. @ least 1 of them must valid photo id. part of agreement rent po box, if po box used business, post office provide, upon request, geographical (street) address of business.

until 2012, items mailed or shipped via usps received @ usps po box. however, service called street addressing has begun change this. once permission form completed box holder, street addressing allows private shippers, such united parcel service (ups) or fedex, ship items modification of actual street address of post office po box located. post office accepts item, , places in po box or, larger items, handles them same way package sent via usps. (some have storage lockers.) post offices offer street addressing, , ones do, may not available of po box customers (e.g., boxes without fee). other restrictions exist, including same limitations on items cannot otherwise mailed though usps. in many cases, package may require 1 additional business day delivery, , service never intended overnight delivery private shippers. if item shipped using street addressing in box holder did not sign for, returned sender.

street addressing have same street address of post office, plus unit number matches p.o. box number. example, in el centro, california, post office located @ 1598 main street. therefore, p.o. box 9975 (fictitious), street addressing be: 1598 main street unit 9975, el centro, ca. nationally, first 5 digits of zip code may or may not same p.o. box address, , last 4 digits (zip + 4) virtually different. except few of largest post offices in u.s., street addressing 9 digit zip + 4 same boxes @ given location.