O′zbekiston Pochtasi

National postal service of Uzbekistan

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O′zbekiston Pochtasi

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.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]^{[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.^[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

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