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Egyptian postal service began when Carlo Meratti, an Italian, living in Alexandria,
established a post office to send and receive mail to and from foreign
countries as early as 1821. Meratti took the responsibility of sending and
distributing the letters for a price. He transferred his activity to Cairo and
Alexandria through his office in Saint Catherine Square (formerly Qansal
Square). After Meratti's departure his nephew, Tito Chini (who agreed with the
importance of the project) succeeded his uncle with a friend, Giacomo Muzzi.
The two partners upgraded the project, naming it the Posta Europea.
Khedive Ismaiel realized the importance of the Posta Europea
and purchased it from Muzzi (after the departure of his partner, Tito Chini) on
October 29, 1864. The Egyptian government offered Muzzi the position of general
manager of the post and on January 2, 1865, the private Posta Europea was
transferred to the Egyptian government. This date is noted as Post Day.
Nowadays: Ministerial Decree No. 70, in 1982, was a special
regulation concerning Post Authority's personnel; Decree No. 55 that same year
regulated the authority's finances. In 1999 the Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology was established to supervise the National Post
Authority, Egypt Telecom and the National Communications Institute.
Post office, photo sent in 02 January 2018 by Irina from Bulgaria.
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