[[Image:LogCorreos.gif|right|thumb|]]'''Correos'''('''SociedadEstataldeCorreosy Telégrafos''') is the national postal service of [[Spain]],asrecognizedbythe[[InternationalPostalUnion]]. With 63,000 employees and 5.4 billion pieces of mail sent each year, Correos is one of the largest postal services in the world. Based in Madrid, it has over 10,000 postal centres all over Spain.
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'''Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A.''', [[trade name|trading as]] '''Correos''' (literally "Mails"), is a state-owned company responsible for providing [[Postal services|postal service]] in [[Spain]] and, due to bilateral agreements, it has responsibility for mail services in [[Andorra]] alongside the French company [[La Poste (France)|La Poste]].
The origins of Correos dates back to 1716. The change of dynasty in Spain ended the tradition of giving to some relevant families the duty to take care of the postal services and, on July 8, 1716, [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip V]] appointed Juan Tomás de Goyeneche as Chief Superintendent and General Administrator of the Postal Offices, making the postal service responsibility of the State.
The company is 100% state owned, through the [[Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales|State Society for Industrial Participations]] (SEPI). With more than 53,000 employees and 5.4 billion pieces of mail sent each year, Correos is one of the largest postal services in the world. Based in [[Madrid]], it has over 10,000 postal centres all over Spain.
The Correos Group is currently integrated by Correos and its subsidiaries: Correos Express, the urgent postal service of the Group; Correos Nexea, a company that offers communication and document management services to other companies, and Correos Telecom, which manages the Group's telecommunication infrastructure.
==History==
==History==
{{See also|Postage stamps and postal history of Spain}}
Correos has covered the whole of Spanish territory every day in public service for more than 300 years.
[[File:Madrid 13.JPG|thumb|right|[[Cybele Palace]], former Correos headquarters and current seat of the [[City Council of Madrid]].]]
One of the great developments in postal history during the nineteenth century was the invention of the [[postage stamp]] for the payment of shipments. The first stamps were issued in the United Kingdom, but many countries began soon after. In Spain, the first stamps was implemented on 1 January 1850, with face values ranging from 6 quarters for simple letters to 10 real for heavier certificates and international items. All stamps featured an image of the monarch.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.linns.com/news/world-stamps-postal-history/2016/december/spain-first-stamp-modest-budgets-international-pavilion.html|title=Spain's first stamp: A classic that attracts specialists with modest budgets|work=Linn's Stamp News|access-date=2018-07-23}}</ref> The last step for the final reorganization of mail came in 1889 with the creation of the Body of Postal Workers, organized as a pyramid structure.
Coinciding with the reforms of the mid-nineteenth century, liberal governments launched the telegraph service. Following the French example, Spain had developed a line drawing of [[optical telegraph]]y between 1844 and 1855, for the exclusive use of the State. From that date, was developing the ''electrotelegráfica'' network that joined in 1863 and all provincial capitals with Madrid. At the end of the century the number of [[telegraph]] offices open to the public amounted to fifteen hundred. This new system revolutionized the world of communications, reducing the time the message took to arrive to a few minutes.
During the [[Middle Ages]], the post belonged to [[the crown]]. There was a long period of messengers, royal couriers, runners—like the 80 that the King of [[Aragón]], Pedro el Ceremonioso, had—and of important positions related to correspondence, like the Main Post Office in the court of the Spanish [[Catholic Monarchs]].
[[Image:Correos-PostBox.jpg|right|thumb|Typical format of Correos pillar boxes, found all over Spain]]
In the modern era, under the rule of the [[Austrias]], the administration of the service was contracted to individuals and Correos started to have a more homogenous structure with a certain similarity to the current service. From 1506, [[Philip I of Castile|Philip I]] bestowed the postal monopoly on Francisco Tassis who gave us the system and organisation that he himself had used in Germany. Juan Francisco Goyeneche was the last postal service contractor
Progress throughout the nineteenth century was consolidated during the 20th century with new technologies, new transportation, new services and a strong vocation of public utility caused the widespread use of email. The advent of the automobile and the airplane subsequently changed structures and accelerated postal delivery of correspondence and in 1899 the first post-road driving in the province of Navarra opened, and seven years later the central government in Madrid had already vehicle 16 for transporting the mail. In 1919 was created by decree in Spain the airmail service, which a year later created the first Spanish Airmail lines joining Barcelona Alicante and Málaga, Seville Larache, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca Malaga Melilla. However, the railway remained the principal means of carrying letters and packages throughout the peninsula until 1993 when the train service gave way to transport by road of the model.
[[Image:SelloJuanCarlosI.jpg|right|thumb|Spanish stamp depicting King Juan Carlos I]]
From the [[18th century]], with the accession of the [[Bourbons]] to the throne, [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] made Correos into a state service available to all [[citizens]]. The service developed through detailed regulations (like those of 1720 and the Postal Orders of 1743) and through the men who managed Correos in the following years; men such as Rodríguez de Campomanes who from 1755 standardised charges, introduced home deliveries and created the post offices and post boxes in them (the precedents of local post) and improved the road network. These were just some of the reforms which led to the modernisation of the postal service in Spain.
In parallel, Correos has been modernized through an ongoing process to provide new services throughout the century to citizens, such as express mail (1905), the Postal Savings Bank, on delivery reimbursement and Parcel Post (1916), the Postal Express (1981).
[[Image:Correos-PostBox.jpg|right|thumb|Typical format of Correos post boxes, found all around Spain]] In 1850, the first postage stamp appeared in Spain, bearing the image of [[Queen Isabella II]]. This had two important consequences. On one hand the cost of deliveries was reduced as the service was paid for by the sender rather than the person receiving the correspondence and on the other, the number of deliveries increased considerably. That year 18,500,000 deliveries were made. In 1889 the Cuerpo de Correos (the Postal Workforce) was created in Spain. From then on the presence of postmen increased in more and more towns and Correos started to become an indispensable element for the unity and structure of Spain.
== European projects ==
Correos has continued to evolve until the present day and to adapt to new requirements in society; and these changes have acquired a frantic pace in the last few years. In 1992 it ceased to be a Government Department and became an independent commercial organisation, and five years after that it became a state company. In June 2001 a new form of management was introduced when the company became a Public Limited Company. Nowadays, Correos is moving forwards to a modern and innovative business concept, in tune with the reality of the 21st century.
As part of its R&D initiatives, Correos is participating in several European projects, this includes:
==Facts & Figures==
*Almost 65,000 people work for Correos: 38,000 people deliver the 5.4 billion deliveries which Correos handles every year; 11,800 sell a wide range of services in its offices and around 2,000 work on tasks of processing, classification, loading and unloading in their logistical centres.
* '''L'''everaging '''e'''ID in the '''P'''rivate '''S'''ector ('''LEPS''').<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leps-project.eu/overview |title=Overview}}</ref> Project developed through a Connecting Europe Facility grant (CEF Telecom) from September 2017 to November 2018. This project seeks to simplify the connection of private services with European public identification nodes (eIDAS nodes)
*Correos has 12,800 vehicles for the transport and distribution of deliveries with different load capacities, from motorbikes to 24 tonne lorries, which cover more than 340,000Km every day. To put it another way, they cover the equivalent distance of going aound the world 9 times in a day.
* '''L'''ightweight '''I'''nfrastructure for '''G'''lobal '''H'''eterogeneous '''T'''rust management in support of an open ecosystem of stakeholders and trust schemes ('''LIGHTest''').<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lightest.eu/index.html |title=LIGHTest H2020 EU project}}</ref> Project developed through a grant [[Horizon 2020]] (H2020) from September 2016 to September 2019. It aims to create a global infrastructure that facilitates the verification of trust in electronic transactions. Correos participates as an industrial partner, developing two pilots of its digital services that serve as proof of integration with the resulting infrastructure.
== See also ==
*Correos operates more than 10,000 postal centers: 1,987 multiservice offices (visited by more than 250,000 customer and clients every day); 1,980 distribution units; and 8,094 rural service points. The online office www.correos.es, counts 750,000 users every month.
* [[Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal]]
* [[List of national postal services#Europe]]
== References ==
*In 2005 Correos invested 212 million euros (without including financial investments) to, among other things, improve infrastructure and equipment, information, communications and automation systems.
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.correos.es/dinamic/plantillas/home1.asp] Correos Website (in English)
*[[File:Correos Fuengirola.jpg|thumb|A correos post office.]][http://www.correos.es/contenido/selIdiomaWeb.asp?idiomaWeb=ENG Correos Website (in Spanish)]
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Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., trading asCorreos (literally "Mails"), is a state-owned company responsible for providing postal service in Spain and, due to bilateral agreements, it has responsibility for mail services in Andorra alongside the French company La Poste.
The origins of Correos dates back to 1716. The change of dynasty in Spain ended the tradition of giving to some relevant families the duty to take care of the postal services and, on July 8, 1716, King Philip V appointed Juan Tomás de Goyeneche as Chief Superintendent and General Administrator of the Postal Offices, making the postal service responsibility of the State.
The company is 100% state owned, through the State Society for Industrial Participations (SEPI). With more than 53,000 employees and 5.4 billion pieces of mail sent each year, Correos is one of the largest postal services in the world. Based in Madrid, it has over 10,000 postal centres all over Spain.
The Correos Group is currently integrated by Correos and its subsidiaries: Correos Express, the urgent postal service of the Group; Correos Nexea, a company that offers communication and document management services to other companies, and Correos Telecom, which manages the Group's telecommunication infrastructure.
One of the great developments in postal history during the nineteenth century was the invention of the postage stamp for the payment of shipments. The first stamps were issued in the United Kingdom, but many countries began soon after. In Spain, the first stamps was implemented on 1 January 1850, with face values ranging from 6 quarters for simple letters to 10 real for heavier certificates and international items. All stamps featured an image of the monarch.[3] The last step for the final reorganization of mail came in 1889 with the creation of the Body of Postal Workers, organized as a pyramid structure.
Coinciding with the reforms of the mid-nineteenth century, liberal governments launched the telegraph service. Following the French example, Spain had developed a line drawing of optical telegraphy between 1844 and 1855, for the exclusive use of the State. From that date, was developing the electrotelegráfica network that joined in 1863 and all provincial capitals with Madrid. At the end of the century the number of telegraph offices open to the public amounted to fifteen hundred. This new system revolutionized the world of communications, reducing the time the message took to arrive to a few minutes.
Typical format of Correos pillar boxes, found all over Spain
Progress throughout the nineteenth century was consolidated during the 20th century with new technologies, new transportation, new services and a strong vocation of public utility caused the widespread use of email. The advent of the automobile and the airplane subsequently changed structures and accelerated postal delivery of correspondence and in 1899 the first post-road driving in the province of Navarra opened, and seven years later the central government in Madrid had already vehicle 16 for transporting the mail. In 1919 was created by decree in Spain the airmail service, which a year later created the first Spanish Airmail lines joining Barcelona Alicante and Málaga, Seville Larache, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca Malaga Melilla. However, the railway remained the principal means of carrying letters and packages throughout the peninsula until 1993 when the train service gave way to transport by road of the model.
In parallel, Correos has been modernized through an ongoing process to provide new services throughout the century to citizens, such as express mail (1905), the Postal Savings Bank, on delivery reimbursement and Parcel Post (1916), the Postal Express (1981).
European projects
As part of its R&D initiatives, Correos is participating in several European projects, this includes:
Leveraging eID in the Private Sector (LEPS).[4] Project developed through a Connecting Europe Facility grant (CEF Telecom) from September 2017 to November 2018. This project seeks to simplify the connection of private services with European public identification nodes (eIDAS nodes)
Lightweight Infrastructure for Global Heterogeneous Trust management in support of an open ecosystem of stakeholders and trust schemes (LIGHTest).[5] Project developed through a grant Horizon 2020 (H2020) from September 2016 to September 2019. It aims to create a global infrastructure that facilitates the verification of trust in electronic transactions. Correos participates as an industrial partner, developing two pilots of its digital services that serve as proof of integration with the resulting infrastructure.
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