Posta (Faroese Post)
| Posta (until 2009: Postverk Føroya)
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| legal form | Partafeløg |
| founding | 1976 |
| Seat |
 Tórshavn , Faroe Islands
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| Number of employees | 125 |
| Branch | post Office |
| Website | www.posta.fo |
Posta P / f [ ˈpɔsta ] has been the official name since 2009 for Postverk Føroya [ ˈpɔstvɛʰʂk ˈfœɹja ], the postal administration of the autonomous Faroe Islands that has existed since 1976 . It is one of the smallest postal administrations in the world. In December 2005 the Faroese Post was converted into a public limited company under the name P / F Postverk Føroya (with retroactive effect from January 1, 2005).
Around 125 employees work for the Faroese Post in 14 post offices and offices. In addition to the headquarters in Tórshavn, there are five other post offices u. a. in Klaksvík (North Islands), Saltangará (Eysturoy), and Tvøroyri (Suðuroy). Posta mail carriers supply around 17,000 households in the Faroe Islands with a population of over 49,000.
history
Postverk Føroya
On April 1st, 1976 Postverk Føroya was officially founded and started operating. The postmaster of Tórshavn was the post director of one of the smallest postal administrations in the world. The Faroese Post is essentially divided into four areas:
- Letters, parcels, distribution and delivery
- Administration and postal giro
- Freight, transportation and warehousing
- Stamps (Philatelic Department)
At the same time, there are internal services such as the marketing or IT department.
On April 1, 1998, the international country code changed from FR to FO to avoid confusion with France.
In 2002 the Løgting passed a law to standardize addresses in the Faroe Islands. It was planned to give every Faroese household a delivery code. So far, only Tórshavn and Klaksvík had street names and house numbers. At the beginning of the 21st century Sandavágur , Hósvík , Fuglafjørður , Runavík and Vestmanna were added. Most of the other addresses so far only consisted of the name and the place with its three-digit postcode .
Posta
In 2005 the company was finally converted into a stock corporation under public law. For the beginning of 2006, the employees should decide whether and how they want to be represented on the three-person board of the new P / F Postverk Føroya. At the same time, new, fashionable service uniforms were introduced for staff working at the counter.
In the law that made the conversion, it was decided that some post offices would only run until the end of 2010. With regard to technological developments, the law contained the passage that by the end of 2010 there should only be 21 post offices and that in 2011 only eleven post offices would be required.
In 2008, four PostSelv machines were installed in different locations. In 2009 the Posta Heima service was introduced, a rolling post office that comes to customers. In addition, a cooperation agreement was signed with the business chains Samkeyp and Merko under the name " Posta Her ". In these shops you can buy postage stamps, take care of smaller postal transactions and post mail. So the post offices were essentially left with the ever decreasing money business and the parcel service.
As a result of this development, the post offices in Eiði, Fuglafjørður, Gøta, Hvalba, Kollafjørður, Leirvík, Sandavágur, Skopun, Strendur, Sørvágur, Toftir, Vágur and Vestmanna were closed with effect from December 31, 2010. On January 1, 2011, the following post offices existed with day cancellation: Tórshavn, Kirkja, Klaksvík, Miðvágur, Mykines, Nólsoy, Oyri, Sandur, Saltangará, Skúvoy, Svínoy and Tvøroyri, as well as acceptance points in Hattarvík and Skopun. Registration numbers for registered letters were only available in Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Miðvágur, Sandur, Saltangará and Tvøroyri. A roller stamp was used in Tórshavn, Klaksvík and Saltangará and a machine stamp was also used in Tórshavn.
Post offices
In autumn 2016 there were permanent post offices ( posthús ) in the Faroe Islands : Tórshavn, Nólsoy, Klaksvík, Kirkja, Hattarvík, Svínoy, Vágar Airport, Mykines, Oyrarbakki, Saltangará, Sandur, Skúvoy, Hestur, Tvøroyri.
List of postcodes see: List of cities and towns in the Faroe Islands
Mailboxes
Postverk Føroya is the inscription on the Faroese mailboxes, which are held in a bright blue. When the Faroe Islands were still served by Denmark by post , they were - as usual in the motherland - red.
Postage stamps
The Posta is internationally known for its issuing of postage stamps . They represent an important export item of the rugged North Atlantic archipelago and offer a very comprehensive insight into the world of the Faroese , especially since most of the stamp issues of the Faroese Post are described in German, Danish, English and French.
Web links
- Posta website (in Faroese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Posta Her ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , posta.fo (address list)
- ↑ Avgreiðslutíðir , posta.fo
