the world is on High Street in Sanquhar, Scotland. The post office has functioned continuously since 1712, during which horses and stagecoaches were used to carry mail. In parts of Europe, special postal censorship offices existed to intercept and censor mail. In France, such offices were known as cabinets noirs. Unstaffed postal facilities In many jurisdictions, mailboxes and post office boxes have long been in widespread use for drop-off and pickup (respectively) of mail and small packages outside post offices or when offices are closed. Germany's national postage system Deutsche Post introduced the Pack-Station for package delivery, including both drop-off and pickup, in 2001. In the 2000s, the United States Postal Service began to install Automated Postal Centers (APCs) in many locations in both post offices, for when they are closed or busy, and retail locations. APCs can print postage and accept mail and small packages. Notable post offices Operational General Post Office, state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969 General Post Office in Dublin (inaugurated 1818), headquarters of the Irish post and headquarters of the 1916 Easter Uprising General Post Office (1864), erected on the site of the Black Hole of Calcutta General Post Office (1874) in Chennai, India General Post Office (1887) in Lahore, Pakistan General Post Office (1895), the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Post General Post Office (1903), headquarters of the Croatian post General Post Office (1976), the headquarters of Hongkong Post General Post Office (1913), the main post office of Mumbai, India, and one of the world's largest (120,000 sq ft or 11,000 m2) General Post Office Building (1922), former headquarters of the Chunghwa Post and present home of the Shanghai Postal Museum Central Post Office (1939), also temporary home to the Privy Council of Canada Manila Central Post Office (1926, rebuilt after WWII) James Farley Post Office (1912), America's largest operating post office, the main office for New York City. Bears the famous translation of Herodotus's description of the Persian postal system along its front facade: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" The Edificio Central de Correos y Telégrafos building (1917), San José, Costa Rica. Contains the Costa Rican Philatelic Museum on the second floor Polish Post Office, a scene of intense fighting during the 1939 Nazi Germany invasion of Danzig Taipei Post Office