Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe explained

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

• List of members of the Universal Postal Union

Notes and References

1. Book: Fonds monétaire international. Sao Tome and Principe: Recent Economic Developments and Selected Issues. 1997. International Monetary Fund. 103–. 9781451834970. GGKEY:1WYL36Q13GW.
2. Decree-law no. 14/2005 of 24 August 2005
3. Web site: Jornal Transparência - Diário de São Tomé e Príncipe.
4. Web site: Universal Postal Union - Sao Tome and Principe . www.upu.int . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206165723/http://www.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries/africa/sao-tome-and-principe.html . 2010-12-06.