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The post office is also a bank
La Poste does more than mail. It is also La Banque Postale, a full retail bank, so the line at the counter mixes people sending parcels with people paying bills and drawing cash — which is why it moves the way it does. Stamps come in tiers: the lettre verte is cheaper and slower, the priority rate faster. You can skip the line altogether by buying stamps at a tabac, the licensed tobacconist that also sells transit tickets and lottery slips and, in smaller towns, doubles as the café.