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Built in 1924, and situated by Sichuan Road Bridge, Shanghai
Post Office has an unusual structure. On the whole it is of
English classic structure, with a four-story main building and
an eight-story tower. The tower is of Baroque style while the
columns of Corinthian style. One wall is built of machine-made
bricks. The whole building looks imposing and grand. In the
building is the Shanghai Post Museum, the first of its kind in
China, which opened on Jan.1, 2006 and covers an area of 8000
sq. m. On the first floor a model of a horse cart used to carry
postal matter in 1909, two car models bought by Shanghai Postal
Administration Bureau in 1917 to transport postal matter, and a
model of a plane flying when a new airline was put into use on
July 8, 1929 are all exhibited. On the 2nd floor, a great many
old photos, models (like letter-writing figures and messenger
figures in the Han Dynasty) are on display. In the Rare-postal
Article Hall visitors can enjoy many rare stamps, which are of
great historic worth. Standing in the open-air garden on top of
the building, visitors are able to overlook the beautiful view
of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek, the Bund, and
Lujiazui Financial Area. |
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