General instructions for the postal and telecommunications system

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The General Service Instructions for the Post Office and Telecommunications System (ADA) was a set of rules for German postal officials that regulated that part of their work that was not regulated in detail by the postal regulations or postal law.

The forerunner of the ADA was the "Instruction for the Upper Post Office " issued by the Prussian General Post Office in 1850. This was replaced in 1854 by the "Post Service Instruction", which included the provincial postal service in all branches, the administrative regulations for the Upper Post Office and the legal provisions handled via the postal system . Like the postal regulations, these instructions have been continuously developed. Since 1875 the name in the Reichspost was “General Service Instructions” and after the unification of post and telegraphy in 1876 the addition “for post and telegraphy” was added.

ADA existed in ever modified form of time, through both world wars and the post-war period until 1991 as part of the postal reform by mail order to the terms and conditions of the Federal Post were summarized.

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