Postal Service in the Philippines


	Postal Service in the Philippines

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10-26-2009 10:50 PM

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a trivia about Postal Service in the Philippines, the manila central post office located at liwasang bonifacio is a neo classical style building designed by architect juan marcos de guzman arellano in 1926, it was destroyed during the world war 2 and rebuilt in 1946 after the war

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