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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_ministry
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gptkbp:abolishedPosition
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gptkb:Postmaster_General
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:General_Post_Office
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1969
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gptkbp:established
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1660
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Charles_II
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:London
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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British Post Office
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gptkbp:industry
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gptkb:post_office
telecommunications
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gptkbp:issuedBy
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money orders
postage stamps
postal orders
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gptkbp:legislature
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gptkb:Post_Office_Act_1969
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gptkbp:logo
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Royal Arms of the United Kingdom
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:General_Post_Office,_London
gptkb:St_Martin's_Le_Grand
gptkb:Mount_Pleasant_Mail_Centre
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Horizon_IT_scandal
creation of Royal Mail (1516)
introduction of Girobank (1968)
introduction of Penny Post (1840)
introduction of telegraph service (1846)
introduction of telephone service (1878)
nationalization of telegraph companies (1870)
privatization of British Telecom (1984)
privatization of Royal Mail (2013)
split into separate businesses (1969)
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Anthony_Trollope
gptkb:Rowland_Hill
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gptkbp:operates
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post offices
mail trains
telephone exchanges
telegraph network
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:British_Government
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Office_of_Postmaster_General
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gptkbp:relatedOrganization
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gptkb:Royal_Mail
gptkb:GPO_Film_Unit
gptkb:Post_Office_Savings_Bank
gptkb:British_Telecommunications
gptkb:Post_Office_Ltd
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gptkbp:responsibleFor
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postal services
telecommunications
telegraph services
post office savings bank
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Royal_Mail
gptkb:British_Telecommunications
gptkb:Post_Office_Ltd
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:transatlantic_telephone_cable
gptkb:Marconi's_Wireless_Telegraph_Company
gptkb:Irish_Post_Office
gptkb:Murray_shutter_telegraph
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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