The United States Postal Service — a financially strapped operation struggling to survive in a world of scanners, email and FedEx — has penned a contract to sell off its historic Georgetown branch, worth more than $4.5 million.

When EastBanc, a D.C. real estate developer, officially purchases the property, a post office will continue to operate on the premises, according to Anthony Lanier, the firm’s president.

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