Former General Post Office, Colombo

The former Colombo General Post Office (abbreviated: GPO), at 17 Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo Fort, was the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Post and the office of the Postmaster General for over one hundred years, from 1895 until 2000. == History == The first permanent post office in the country was established by the British in Colombo in 1882, when the country was a crown colony.