Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe
.jpg/1280px-Sao_Tome_Post_Office_2_(15626648024).jpg) Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe headquarters | |
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | Postal services |
| Founded | 1 January 1982 |
| Headquarters | Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, C.P. (P.O. Box) 173 São Tomé, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe |
Key people | Lúcio Costa, postmaster |
| Products | Mail Services |
| Website | web.archive.org/web/20090428210548/http://www.inh.st/correios.st.htm |
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Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe is a state-owned company[1] responsible for postal services in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is regulated by AGER (the General Regulation Authority (Autoridade Geral de Regulaçāo)[2]
Its buildings are at Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, the most famous street and arterial in the nation.
São Tomé and Príncipe are one of the countries without a postal code system.
Logo
Its logo are coloured red, white and blue. "Correios" is in red. It also has a red envelope with a blue enclosure on top.
History
After independence, formal postal services existed on the island as early as 1972.[3] São Tomé and Príncipe entered the Universal Postal Union in 1977.[4] and the company was created on 1 January 1982 to meet the resulting obligations related to postal services.
See also
References
- ^ Fonds monétaire international (1997). Sao Tome and Principe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues. International Monetary Fund. pp. 103–. ISBN 9781451834970. GGKEY:1WYL36Q13GW.
- ^ Decree-law no. 14/2005 of 24 August 2005
- ^ "Jornal Transparência - Diário de São Tomé e Príncipe".
- ^ "Universal Postal Union - Sao Tome and Principe". www.upu.int. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.