Egypt Post
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Egypt Post is the company responsible for postal service
in Egypt
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Egypt Post, established in 1865, is one of the oldest and most time-honored Egyptian institutions, which enjoys the trust of its customers, amounting to more than 15 million. Such trust which lasted for long years, increased the number of the customers, who joined the financial services of the Egypt post, only in the last year, to two million customers.
Egypt post, in the first place, is a socioeconomic body, which directly contributes to help with the state's plans, aiming to achieve the development for the citizens, so as to feel the outcome of such development, in addition to securing the quality and velocity of providing the service.
, called Carlo Miratti, established post management to send and receive the letters from and to the foreign countries
. Miratti took the responsibility of sending and distributing the letters in return for reasonable prices. He transferred his activity to Cairo
and Alexandria through his office at Saint Catherine Square, previously called Qansal Square. After Miratti's departure, his nephew, Tito Kinim, who felt the importance of the project, succeeded his uncle and shared his friend Motsi. The two partners
upgraded the project and based it on a strong ground, naming it the Europea Posta.
Such post occupied an important position and embarked the transferring and distributing of the correspondence
s of the government and individuals. The trust of the mass in the Europea Posta was great. On the inauguration of the first railway
between Alexandria and Kafr Al Les in 1845, the company established branches in Cairo, Atf, and Rashid, then in 1855 another two branches in Damanhoor
and Kafr El Zayat. When the railway extended from Kafr El Zayat to Cairo, via Tanta
, Banha
, and Birket Essaba, the company exploited this opportunity and used the railways in sending the post between Cairo and Alexandria and via versa, under a five years contract, effective from January 1856. The contract was as a monopolistic
franchise to transport the post to the north of Egypt, where it stipulated a fine to be paid to the Europea Posta, if any was caught red handed transferring a mail.
Khedive Ismaiel realized the importance of the Europea Posta and purchased it from Motsi, after the departure of his partner Tito Kini on October 29, 1864. The Egyptian government offered Motsi the position of the general manager of the Post and in January 2, 1865, the title of Europea Posta was transferred to the Egyptian government. Such day is considered a historical day for the Egyptian post and then became the Post Day.
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On September 28, 1876, Egypt Post was put under the span of Rulings Council Chief and the Ministers of Interior
and Finance, then May 19, 1875,it joined the Ministry of Justice and Trade
. On December 10, 1878, it joined the Ministry of Finance. The regulation
related to the organization of post works has been issued under the approval of the Ministry of Finance in December 21, 1865, stipulating that transferring messages and issuing post stamps is an exclusive work for the Egyptian government. In March 1876, a decree has been promulgated for all post offices, abiding all employees with a mandatory uniform
, provided that each employee shall have two suits, one for work and the other for the ceremonies. The aforesaid decree was amended to specify the model and type of the uniform.
In 1919, the law No. 7 has been passed to establish the Ministry of Transportation
s to put under its span the railways, telegrams, telephones, post authority, ports, and roads authority and air transportation.
A comprehensive law, No. 9 was issued later on to set all the fees of transporting the post, and in the same year the headquarters of the post management has been moved from Alexandria to Cairo in its current building at Al Aataba Square.
Since its establishment, the post, in addition to its regular post works, used to sell salt and soda stamp
s, which have been canceled in 1899, in addition to the tickets of pilgrim
s, traveling and steamboats, debt and shares coupons and stamped paper, as well the services of telegram and telephone in return for fees to be paid to the Telephone Authority.
revenues toward improving and boosting its postal services.
In 1957, the presidential
decree No. 710 has been promulgated, stating that the establishment of the Egyptian Post Authority to replace the previous Post Authority. In 1959, the civilian services systems, including local post offices and post agencies, started their service, and in 1961, the secondary Post school has been established under a presidential decree. In 1965, the high institute of Post Affairs was also established, and in 1975 joined the faculty of commerce, Helwan University
.
In 1966, a presidential decree has been issued to establish the General Post Authority to replace the Egyptian Post Authority, and in 1970, the law No. 16 has been passed to regulate the Egyptian Post. The year 1982 witnessed the issuance of the law No. 19 to establish the National Post Authority to replace the General Post Authority and to be affiliated to the Ministry of Transportations.
A ministerial decree No. 70 for the year 1982 related to the regulation of Post Authority's personnel, (a special regulation), has been issued. Similarly another decree No. 55 for the year 1982 in respect of the financial regulation of the authority, (a special regulation), has been issued. Finally, in 1999, the Ministry of Communications and Information has been established to supervise the National Post Authority, Egypt telecom
, and the National Communication Institute
.
Mail
Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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Egypt Post, established in 1865, is one of the oldest and most time-honored Egyptian institutions, which enjoys the trust of its customers, amounting to more than 15 million. Such trust which lasted for long years, increased the number of the customers, who joined the financial services of the Egypt post, only in the last year, to two million customers.
Egypt post, in the first place, is a socioeconomic body, which directly contributes to help with the state's plans, aiming to achieve the development for the citizens, so as to feel the outcome of such development, in addition to securing the quality and velocity of providing the service.
History of modern Egyptian post
Modern Egyptian post institution began when an Italian, living in AlexandriaAlexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
, called Carlo Miratti, established post management to send and receive the letters from and to the foreign countries
Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
. Miratti took the responsibility of sending and distributing the letters in return for reasonable prices. He transferred his activity to Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
and Alexandria through his office at Saint Catherine Square, previously called Qansal Square. After Miratti's departure, his nephew, Tito Kinim, who felt the importance of the project, succeeded his uncle and shared his friend Motsi. The two partners
Business partner
Business partner is a term used to denote a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a highly contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties...
upgraded the project and based it on a strong ground, naming it the Europea Posta.
Such post occupied an important position and embarked the transferring and distributing of the correspondence
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
s of the government and individuals. The trust of the mass in the Europea Posta was great. On the inauguration of the first railway
Egyptian National Railways
Egyptian National Railways is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority .-1833–77:...
between Alexandria and Kafr Al Les in 1845, the company established branches in Cairo, Atf, and Rashid, then in 1855 another two branches in Damanhoor
Damanhur
Damanhur is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cairo, and E.S.E. of Alexandria, in the middle of the western Nile Delta....
and Kafr El Zayat. When the railway extended from Kafr El Zayat to Cairo, via Tanta
Tanta
Tanta is a city in Egypt. It is the country's fifth largest populated area, with an estimated 429,000 inhabitants . Tanta is located north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria...
, Banha
Banha
Banha , also spelled Benha, is the capital of the Qalyubia Governorate in north-eastern Egypt. Egyptians call it Banha Elasal, which means "Sweet like honey"; the nomenclature originally comes from when the Prophet Muhammed sent his massage to Elmoqwqs to convert to Islam, he replied by sending him...
, and Birket Essaba, the company exploited this opportunity and used the railways in sending the post between Cairo and Alexandria and via versa, under a five years contract, effective from January 1856. The contract was as a monopolistic
Monopoly
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
franchise to transport the post to the north of Egypt, where it stipulated a fine to be paid to the Europea Posta, if any was caught red handed transferring a mail.
Khedive Ismaiel realized the importance of the Europea Posta and purchased it from Motsi, after the departure of his partner Tito Kini on October 29, 1864. The Egyptian government offered Motsi the position of the general manager of the Post and in January 2, 1865, the title of Europea Posta was transferred to the Egyptian government. Such day is considered a historical day for the Egyptian post and then became the Post Day.
Establishment
At its beginning, Egypt Post was affiliated to the Ministry of Occupations, then its fellowship was transferred to a number of ministries, and in 1865, Egypt Post was affiliated to the Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Finance (Egypt)
The Ministry of Finance of Egypt is part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for increasing the rate of economic growth and job creation, thus contributing to raising the standard of living of the individual and society as a whole. The current minister is Samir Radwan...
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On September 28, 1876, Egypt Post was put under the span of Rulings Council Chief and the Ministers of Interior
Ministry of Interior (Egypt)
The Ministry of Interior of Egypt is part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for law enforcement in Egypt. The current minister is Mansour el-Essawy, appointed 5 March 2011....
and Finance, then May 19, 1875,it joined the Ministry of Justice and Trade
Ministry of Trade and Industry (Egypt)
The Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade is the ministry in charge of trade and industry in Egypt. Its headquarters are in Cairo. The position of Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade has been held by Dr. Samir El-Sayiad since 2011....
. On December 10, 1878, it joined the Ministry of Finance. The regulation
Regulation
Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
related to the organization of post works has been issued under the approval of the Ministry of Finance in December 21, 1865, stipulating that transferring messages and issuing post stamps is an exclusive work for the Egyptian government. In March 1876, a decree has been promulgated for all post offices, abiding all employees with a mandatory uniform
Uniform
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates...
, provided that each employee shall have two suits, one for work and the other for the ceremonies. The aforesaid decree was amended to specify the model and type of the uniform.
In 1919, the law No. 7 has been passed to establish the Ministry of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation (Egypt)
The Ministry of Transportation of Egypt is part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for meeting the needs of demand for transport by rail, road and water in line with Egyptian national development plans. The current Minister is Atef Abdel Hamid...
s to put under its span the railways, telegrams, telephones, post authority, ports, and roads authority and air transportation.
A comprehensive law, No. 9 was issued later on to set all the fees of transporting the post, and in the same year the headquarters of the post management has been moved from Alexandria to Cairo in its current building at Al Aataba Square.
Since its establishment, the post, in addition to its regular post works, used to sell salt and soda stamp
Excise
Excise tax in the United States is a indirect tax on listed items. Excise taxes can be and are made by federal, state and local governments and are far from uniform throughout the United States...
s, which have been canceled in 1899, in addition to the tickets of pilgrim
Pilgrim
A pilgrim is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journeying to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system...
s, traveling and steamboats, debt and shares coupons and stamped paper, as well the services of telegram and telephone in return for fees to be paid to the Telephone Authority.
Modern overview
In 1934, the tenth conference of the international post has been held in Cairo, on the 70th anniversary of establishing the Egyptian Post. After the July 1952 revolution, a separate budget has been allocated to the post and had the right to direct its surplusSurplus
Surplus means when there is more supply than demand, as in extra resources.Surplus may refer to: dumd* "The Surplus", an episode of The Office* Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers, a documentary film...
revenues toward improving and boosting its postal services.
In 1957, the presidential
President of Egypt
The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the head of state of Egypt.Under the Constitution of Egypt, the president is also the supreme commander of the armed forces and head of the executive branch of the Egyptian government....
decree No. 710 has been promulgated, stating that the establishment of the Egyptian Post Authority to replace the previous Post Authority. In 1959, the civilian services systems, including local post offices and post agencies, started their service, and in 1961, the secondary Post school has been established under a presidential decree. In 1965, the high institute of Post Affairs was also established, and in 1975 joined the faculty of commerce, Helwan University
Helwan University
Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan in Egypt. It comprises 18 faculties as well as 50 research centers.Generally, it is known for engineering and business studies...
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In 1966, a presidential decree has been issued to establish the General Post Authority to replace the Egyptian Post Authority, and in 1970, the law No. 16 has been passed to regulate the Egyptian Post. The year 1982 witnessed the issuance of the law No. 19 to establish the National Post Authority to replace the General Post Authority and to be affiliated to the Ministry of Transportations.
A ministerial decree No. 70 for the year 1982 related to the regulation of Post Authority's personnel, (a special regulation), has been issued. Similarly another decree No. 55 for the year 1982 in respect of the financial regulation of the authority, (a special regulation), has been issued. Finally, in 1999, the Ministry of Communications and Information has been established to supervise the National Post Authority, Egypt telecom
Telecom
Telecom refers to:* An abbreviation of telecommunication.* Short for telecommunications company, in general.* A short name for any telecommunications company with "Telecom" specifically in the name, where context allows media or people to commonly exclude the rest of its name without confusion,...
, and the National Communication Institute
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt)
The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is the government body responsible for information and communications technology issues in the Arab Republic of Egypt...
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See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of EgyptPostage stamps and postal history of EgyptThis is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Egypt. Handstamps were first introduced during the Napoleonic period, 1798-1800. Single line handstamps are known from "ALEXANDRIE", "LE CAIRE", "BENESOUEF" and "SIOUTH"....
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