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In 2009, it acquired the remaining 50% stake in G3 Worldwide Aspac (G3AP), [14] thereby giving the company presence in 10 countries (including Singapore). It also raised its stake in Malaysian Logistics company GDEX to 27% in 2011. [15] In 2009, SingPost bought Quantium Solutions, a joint venture between SingPost, Dutch TNT and Britain's Royal ...
Country Company Website Status Afghanistan: Afghan Post: afghanpost.gov.af: Azerbaijan: Azərpoçt: azerpost.az: Bahrain: Bahrain Post: customs.gov.bh: Bangladesh
Royal Mail Other operators:British Forces Post Office 55 other licensed operators as of 2011 [13] British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: Anguilla Post Office [14] Bermuda Post Office [15] BIOT Post Office, [16] (outbound; inbound is United States Postal Service and British Forces Post Office [17])
The Parcel Post service of Royal Mail was started in 1883, [6] though parcel services operated by the railway companies, later Red Star Parcels and British Road Services, were also heavily used for many decades. Royal Mail was split into three divisions in 1986 [6] and in August 1990, Royal Mail Parcels was rebranded as Parcelforce.
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
That same year, Royal Mail Parcels was rebranded as Parcelforce as part of an attempt to compete with international courier firms, which were fast expanding into the European market. [37] Postal workers held their first national strike for 17 years in 1988, after walking out over bonuses being paid to recruit new workers in London and the South ...
Notice posted at Australia Post's Melbourne GPO Private Box Centre, showing instructions on Poste Restante. Poste restante (Counter Delivery) is a long-established service within Australia run by the national postal service, Australia Post, which allows one's post to be sent to a city-centre holding place.
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...