postmaster general
Postal service head
The postmaster general is the chief executive of a nation's postal service.
In the United States, this position once held cabinet rank until the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service.
The plural is postmasters general.
Postal system items
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- envelopesPaper containers for letters
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
mailbag · postmark · zip code · addressing · philately · mailbox · letterbox · postcard
Colonial American polymath statesman
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
- Pony ExpressMounted relay postal system
telegraph · pneumatic tubes · airmail routes · parcel post · establishment · founding · British Crown
Rigid administrative system
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- leadershipAbility to direct others
directorship · executive · supervision · appointment · cabinet · department · agency · policy
Conveyance of goods
- sortingArranging into sequence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- transportationMoving people or goods
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
couriers · tracking · fulfillment · routing · dispatch · warehousing · mail carrier · processing
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- powerEnergy transfer rate
enforcement · regulation · oversight · legislation · policy-making · sanctioning · decree · executive order
Postal system items
- stampsPostal payment adhesives
- envelopesPaper containers for letters
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
parcels · mailbag · postmark · zip code · addressing · philately · mailbox · letterbox · postcard · franking
Benjamin Franklin
Colonial American polymath statesman
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
Pony Express · telegraph · pneumatic tubes · airmail routes · parcel post · establishment · founding · British Crown
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
leadership · directorship · executive · supervision · appointment · cabinet · department · agency · policy · regulation
delivery
Conveyance of goods
- sortingArranging into sequence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- transportationMoving people or goods
shipping · couriers · tracking · fulfillment · routing · dispatch · warehousing · mail carrier · processing · automation
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
power · enforcement · regulation · oversight · legislation · policy-making · sanctioning · decree · executive order · decision-making
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- postal workersmail carrier, letter carrier, mailman, postmaster, postwoman
- appointeesappointee, nominee, designee, ambassador, cabinet secretary
- ministersminister, chief minister, ordained minister, lay minister, senior minister
- colonial officialsviceroy, colonial administrator, colonial governor, high commissioner, resident
postmaster generalmail carrier
Delivers letters professionally
letter carrier · postal worker · mailman · postman · postal clerk
master, general, posts, posted, posting, poster, postage, postal, postman