Ngara Tanzania - Mailbox and Post Office

My dear friend Holger Kaufhold visited Ngara Post Office in Tanzania, in January 2020, and he was so kind to make those photos for my blog! Thank you! 

Wiki: Ngara is a small town in Ngara District, Kagera Region, in Tanzania, East Africa..

Ngara town is small with an estimated population of 8,000 to 10,000 people. The international community is small with the Anglican Church of Tanzania, Diocese of Kagera, and four NGOs employing a handful of expatriate staff. Occasionally, there are also visiting staff, consultants and missionaries.

Tanzania Zanzibar Post Office - Shangani old town area

One of my friends was in his holiday in Zanzibar. And he was so kind to make photos with the post office and mail boxes located in Shangani old town area. That part was designated in 2000 as UNESCO .
More info about Tanzania Post here: https://www.posta.co.tz/

Enjoy (And thank you Marcel!)

Mailbox in Aland Island

Photo send by Katrin Fraenkler, a friend from Germany. The photo was made during her trip there in June 2018, with occasion of Postcrossing meeting. I will go this year in 2019 at same event - is yearly held. I will add photos for sure :)

Official site: https://www.alandpost.com/

Wiki : Åland Post is the company responsible for postal service in the Åland Islands, Finland. Åland Post has been operating separately from the mainland postal service of Finland since 1993.[1]

Åland Post is a logistics enterprise with 250 employees. The 2017 turnover was 38.2 million euro. The business headquarters are located in Sviby (Åland), Jomala, only a few kilometres outside Mariehamn, the only town in Åland. Since 1 January 2009, Åland Post is a limited company owned solely by the Åland Landskapsregering, the Government of Åland.

Post office and mailboxes in Hammamet Yasmine, Tunisia

Post office and Mail boxes (old and new) in Hammamet Yasmine, Tunisia. Photos sent by Anne, from Luxembourg, from her trip there in January 2019. (Thank you) 

No English available information on official site: http://www.poste.tn/

Wiki: The Tunisian Post (Arabic : البريد التونسي) is the company responsible for postal service in Tunisia. It also operates banking services within Tunisia as well. The company was founded in 1847, and was admitted to the Universal Post Union in 1878. The Tunisian Post opened the Caisse d'Épargne Nationale Tunisienne (Tunisian National Savings Bank) in 1956.

Post Office in Kemer, Turkey

Post Office in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. Photo made by my friend Veerlem from Belgium, during her trip in December in Turkey. (Thank you!) 

Wiki:

Ptt, an abbreviation for Posta ve Telgraf Teşkilatı, is the national post and telegraph directorate of Turkey. Formerly, the organization was named Posta Telgraf Telefon. After the privatization of the telephone telecommunications service business, the directorate was renamed, keeping its acronym. It is headquartered in Ankara, and is known as TURKISH POST internationally

Official site: http://en.ptt.gov.tr/ptten#portal

France La Poste Mailbox

Info from wikipedia.; the original site don't offer also English version. 

https://www.laposte.fr/particulier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poste_(France)

La Poste is a postal service company in France, operating in Metropolitan France as well as in the five French overseas departments and the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Because of bilateral agreements, La Poste also has the responsibility of mail services in Monaco through La Poste Monaco and in Andorra alongside the Spanish company Correos.

The company was created in 1991 following the split of the French PTT, a government department responsible for mail, telegraph and telephone services in France. The PTT, founded in 1879, were then divided between La Poste, which became responsible for postal service, and France Télécom (nowadays Orange) for the telecommunication services. France Télécom was immediately privatised but La Poste has remained a public company. However, because of EU directives requiring member states to introduce competition in their postal service, the French government allowed private postal service companies in 2005 and transformed La Poste into a public-owned company limited by shares in 2010. 

Photo made in May 2017 in Paris Banlieue

Austria Post Mail Box

Austrian Post (www.post.at)
Austrian Post is the leading logistics and postal services provider in Austria. Its main business activities include the transport and delivery of letters, direct mail items, print media and parcels. The branch network of Austrian Post ranks among the largest private customer networks in the country, offering high-quality postal, banking and telecommunications products and services to its customers throughout Austria. The company makes an important contribution to safeguarding the nation’s communications and logistics infrastructure based on its nationwide and reliable supply of high quality postal services on behalf of the Austrian population and economy. Moreover, Austrian Post is also represented by subsidiaries in twelve European markets, particularly in the parcel and logistics segment as well as in unaddressed direct mail items..at )

Austrian Post is the leading logistics and postal services provider in Austria. Its main business activities include the transport and delivery of letters, direct mail items, print media and parcels. The branch network of Austrian Post ranks among the largest private customer networks in the country, offering high-quality postal, banking and telecommunications products and services to its customers throughout Austria. The company makes an important contribution to safeguarding the nation’s communications and logistics infrastructure based on its nationwide and reliable supply of high quality postal services on behalf of the Austrian population and economy. Moreover, Austrian Post is also represented by subsidiaries in twelve European markets, particularly in the parcel and logistics segment as well as in unaddressed direct mail items.

An interesting site hosting a great collection of old postcard from worldwide (over 75.000 !) is made by Austrian Public Library here http://akon.onb.ac.at/

Mailbox photo made by me in Vienna Airport:

SMOM - Sobrano Militare Ordine di Malta Post Office and mailbox

SMOM - Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta Poste Magistrali and Mailbox

https://www.orderofmalta.int/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta

The postal administration of the order, known as the Poste Magistrali, was instituted on 20 May 1966 under a Decree of the Grand Master of the order and the first stamps were issued on 15 November 1966. Until recently the stamps were denominated in the currency of the order which was Scudi, Grani and Tari, which roughly equated to the currency of Malta before it joined the Eurozone; 1 scudo = 12 tari = 240 grani = 12 Maltese cents. Since 1 January 2005 the stamps have been denominated in euros.

The stamps are inscribed Poste Magistrali and bear one or more small Maltese Crosses. Early issues were printed by De La Rue, but today a variety of Maltese and Italian printers are used. As well as postage stamps, the Order has produced aerogrammes, maximum cards, first day covers, miniature sheets, postage due stamps and postcards with imprinted stamps.

Each year, one stamp issue is devoted to St. John the Baptist, who is the Order's Patron Saint, and one to the celebration of Christmas.

The SMOM is not a member of the Universal Postal Union.

The post office is located in Italy, Rome, on street Via dei Condotti 68.

Photos are made by me, during my trip in Italy in July 2016

Mailbox photos are from internet:

Vatican Post Office and Mailbox

Post Office Vatican  (http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/it/servizi/poste-vaticane.html )

Vatican Post is an organization responsible for postal service in Vatican City. The organization is part of the Post and Telegraphy Service.

Vatican Post consists of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State. Vatican Post started operations on 1 August 1929 and operates four branch offices, and is member of UPU. (Union Postale Universelle  www.upu.int )

Photos made by me during my trip in Italy, in July 2016.

Italy Mailbox

Poste Italiane ( https://www.posteitaliane.it )

Poste Italiane is Italy's largest service provider and has the most employees of any company in the country. Our group, an important partner to Italian families and businesses for over 150 years, has succeeded in keeping pace with changing times and innovating without compromising its values. We provide post and logistics services and we are also among the main players in the financial services and insurance market in Italy.

Our network of nearly 13,000 post offices – unparalleled in Italy in terms of its size and reach - and our 30,000 delivery personnel make us a key component of Italian society. The strength of our network allows us to serve local communities and offer equal opportunities to all Italians: we provide our 30 million customers (individuals, companies and the government) with a wide range of simple, transparent, easy-to-use and innovative services designed to improve the lives of citizens and make companies more competitive.

Mailbox in Italy photo by me, in Rome - during my trip in July 2016

Burundi Post Office and Mail Box

Burundi Post http://www.poste.bi/

Burundi Postal Administration was created under the decree no. 100/021 of March 7th, 1991 and is operating since January 1st, 1992. Erected as a personalized administration and as a legal entity with autonomous management, Burundi Postal Administration is under the authority of the Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications.

A Board of Directors, appointed upon proposal of the Minister, establishes the policy of the Postal Administration and decides on any issue submitted by the Management.

Photos with Deo Niyongeso posting cards and covers from Bujumbura Central Post Office: 

Bhutan Post Office and Mailbox

Bhutan Post http://www.bhutanpost.bt/

The Postal Service in Bhutan was first launched on 10th October 1962 with the opening of a post office in Phuentsholing. In the same year, post offices were also opened in Paro and Thimphu.

Bhutan became a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the body of the United Nations concerned with postal affairs, in 1969. Although Bhutan had already established mail exchange with a few other countries, it was the first time that its presence was felt at an international postal gathering. In 1983 Bhutan also became a member of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU).

Until 1st October 1996, the Division of Posts and Telegraphs was a government body. However, as a part of the Royal Government's policy of granting autonomy to organizations, which have potential to operate independently, the Division of Posts and Telegraphs was converted to the status of an autonomous commercial corporation on 1st October 1996 under the trading name " Bhutan Post ".

Bhutan Post office photo, photo from Brenda Van Lier:

Mailbox in Bhutan, photos from Piyali Bose:

Greece Mailbox & Post Office

Photos made by me during my trip in Greece - July 2017 (Crete Island -Hersonissos) 

Hersonissos is 26 kilometres east of Heraklion, between Anissaras and Stalis.

Hersonissos has developed due to tourism and, in just a few decades, has grown into the largest tourist resort in Crete.

Hersonissos has about 3,000 permanent inhabitants (2,981 in the 2001 census), but this number increases exponentially each summer, with the thousands of seasonal workers in tourism, and of course the hundreds of thousands of tourists who come to Hersonissos on holiday.

(http://www.explorecrete.com/hersonissos/hersonissos.html)