abstract:A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) Including the correct post town in the address increases the chance of a letter or parcel being delivered on time.
Germany was very effective in these-- they had advanced bureaucracy, a good postal service, and they had a network of post offices all over the country-- every little town had a post office.
"Although the council wants to make it an Italian piazza, lots of people think Halifax is a northern post-industrial town and that setting needs to continue, " he said.