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In 1901, the Dirección General de Correos (General Direction of Mail) was made a separate government agency. The Palacio de Correos de Mexico is used since 1907 as main post office. The Mexican Revolution and ensuing Civil Wars (1910–1920) resulted in numerous provisional and local stamps issued by the factions in control of different areas ...
In 1514, [1] Don Lorenzo Galindez de Carvajal by a royal warrant was appointed the hereditary title and duties of Correo Mayor of the Indias and lands to be discovered. The Correo Mayor represented the office of Postmaster General. [2] Many years passed before a descendant of Don Carvajal arrived in Lima (Peru) to take office.
Correos de México (English: Mails of Mexico), formerly named Servicio Postal Mexicano (Sepomex; English: Mexican Postal Service, MPS), is the national postal service of Mexico. [1] It has been active for over 100 years, [ 2 ] and its system has roots going back to 1580.
Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [a] (lit. ' State Postal and Telegraph Company ' ), trading under the name Correos ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈreos] ⓘ , "packages"), is a state-owned postal service and courier for Spain and Andorra , the latter bilateral with French-equivalent La Poste .
The establishment of Correos de Costa Rica gained momentum with the Costa Rican constitution of 1824, which mandates that the Congress of the Republic must open roads and carry posts and general mail. On December 10, 1839, via government decree, the first rulebook for mail was drafted and the “Servicio Nacional de Correos” was created. [2]
The Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (lit. ' Brazilian Post and Telegraph Corporation ', abbr. ECT), also known as Correios (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation:), is a state-owned company that has operated the national postal service of Brazil since the 17th century.
The current state-owned enterprise was created by the DFL N° 10, December 24 of 1981, dissolving the previous SOE Servicio de Correos y Telégrafos (lit. ' Post and Telegraph Service ' ), separating mailing and Telex services, founding Telex-Chile (that was extinguished as a service following the rise of the internet, but still exists legally ...
The Casa de Correos y Telégrafos (Post and Telegraph office in English) is the central post office of the city of Lima, Peru. The building is located at Conde de Superunda street in the historic centre of Lima, near the Plaza Mayor. The building was constructed in 1897 in the Beaux-Arts architectural style.