O′zbekiston Pochtasi
TypeOpen joint-stock company
IndustryPostal services, courier
Founded1991
HeadquartersTashkent,
Tashkent
,
Uzbekistan
Area served
Uzbekistan, Worldwide
ServicesLetter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, Financial services
OwnerGovernment of Uzbekistan
Websitewww.pochta.uz

Uzbekistan Post (Uzbek: "O‘zbekiston pochtasi" ochiq aksiyadorlik jamiyati, Russian: ОАО «Узбекистон почтаси») is the company responsible for postal service in Uzbekistan and was established in 1991 after the collapse of the USSR. Since 2014, the company is an open joint stock company.[1]

Universal Postal Union

O′zbekiston Pochtasi has joined the Universal Postal Union as the "Post of Uzbekistan" on 24 February 1994.[2]

Branches

The Post operates the following 16 branch offices:[3]

  • Karakalpak branch
  • Andijan branch
  • Bukhara branch
  • Dzhizakh branch
  • Kashkadarye branch
  • Navoiy branch
  • Namangan branch
  • Samarkand branch
  • Syrdarya branch
  • Surkhandarye branch
  • Fergana branch
  • Khoresm branch
  • Tashkent branch
  • "Tashkent pochtamti" branch
  • "Halqaro pochtamti" branch
  • "O'zbekiston markasi" PA

History

The first stamps of Uzbekistan were issued on 7 May 1992.[4] Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995, the Uzbekistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Uzbeki stamps ran low.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Shareholders". pochta.uz.
  2. ↑ "Member Countries". www.upu.int.
  3. ↑ "Branches". www.pochta.uz.
  4. ↑ Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 10 Russia. 6th edition. London: Stanley Gibbons, 2008, p.618. ISBN 0-85259-652-9
  5. ↑ http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/overprsoviet_20020812/refreshercourse.aspx Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 April 2010.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.