Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe

Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe (Portuguese pronunciation: [kuˈʁɐjuʒ ðɨ sɐ̃w tuˈmɛ i ˈpɾĩsɨpɨ], lit. 'Post of São Tomé e Príncipe') is a state-owned company^[1] responsible for postal services in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is regulated by AGER (the General Regulation Authority (Autoridade Geral de Regulaçāo)^[2]

Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe

Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe headquarters
Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Postal services
Founded	1 January 1982
Headquarters	Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, C.P. (P.O. Box) 173 São Tomé, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe
Key people	Lúcio Costa, postmaster
Products	Mail Services
Website	web.archive.org/web/20090428210548/http://www.inh.st/correios.st.htm

Its buildings are at Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, the most famous street and arterial in the nation.

São Tomé and Príncipe are one of the countries without a postal code system.

Logo

Its logo are coloured red, white and blue. "Correios" is in red. It also has a red envelope with a blue enclosure on top.

History

After independence, formal postal services existed on the island as early as 1972.^[3] São Tomé and Príncipe entered the Universal Postal Union in 1977.^[4] and the company was created on 1 January 1982 to meet the resulting obligations related to postal services.

See also

• List of members of the Universal Postal Union