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An Extraterritorial Office of Exchange (ETOE) is a commercially-oriented post office branch, established in a country other than its parent country. Their use has typically been subject to rules governed by the Universal Postal Union. In 2001 and onward, policy developments precluded their use in host countries without having gone through customs as commercial shipments, and are not delivered as postal freight. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is an international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. ... Customs duty is a tariff or tax on the import or export of goods. ...

External links

• German policy note from 2003
• U.S. State Department policy on ETOEs
• U.S. State Department card explaining ETOE policy
• ETOEs in the United States
• Swiss Post ad announcing use of an ETOE
• Belgian Post EPOE note