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.
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| Company type | Open joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| ISIN | UZ7005280001  |
| Industry | Postal services, courier |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Tashkent, Tashkent , Uzbekistan |
Area served | Uzbekistan, Worldwide |
| Services | Letter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, Financial services |
| Owner | Government of Uzbekistan |
| Website | www |
Universal Postal Union
O′zbekiston Pochtasi has joined the Universal Postal Union as the "Post of Uzbekistan" on 24 February 1994.
Branches
The Post operates the following 16 branch offices:[needs update?]
- 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. 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.
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