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Poste Restante留存邮件，留存邮局 Care of Postmaster留存邮局 Poste restante--From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia/wiki/Poste_restante Poste restante (French word, meaning post which remains) is a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it. It is a common destination for mail for people visiting a particular location and have no need, or no way, of having mail delivered directly to their place of residence at that time. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, mail is addressed to POSTE RESTANTE (or TO BE CALLED FOR), which is written after the full name of the recipient (as appears on the identification to be presented i.e. the passport, if abroad), then the name and full address of the destination post office, thus:— Mr. John Smith POSTE RESTANTE Islington Post Office 116 Upper Street Islington London N1 1AE If only addressed to a town name, for example POSTE RESTANTE, LONDON (there are currently 115 crown offices in LONDON) mail will go to the closest main post office branch. The sender should also include their return address. In the UK, the Royal Mail holds mail posted from within the UK for two weeks, whereas mail posted from abroad is normally held for one month, if the recipient is at sea however, it will be held for two months. Where mail is not collected within that time, it will be returned to the sender, or if there is no sender indicated, will be treated as undeliverable. If the sender would like uncollected mail returned sooner, they can indicate this on the envelope. Timescales vary from country to country according to local practice. United States In the US, the US Postal Service uses the term general delivery and reserves the term poste restante for international mail sent to general delivery. Mail is addressed as follows: Mrs. Jane Q. Smith General Delivery Washington DC 20090-9999 In the ZIP+4 code, the add-on code for general delivery is 9999. The main post office in a community will hold suc