Jersey Post
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Universal service
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provider of mail
Mail
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service for the bailiwick of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
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History
Jersey Post was established (as the Committee for Postal Administration) by the Post Office (Jersey) Law 1969, in 1969 as a result of an Order in Council which enabled the Crown dependencies to establish independent postal services. Consequently, UK postage stamps ceased to be valid in the Crown dependencies. The Bailiwicks had previously produced stamps and operated independent postal systems during the 1940–1945 Occupation of the Channel IslandsOccupation of the Channel Islands
The Channel Islands were occupied by Nazi Germany for much of World War II, from 30 June 1940 until the liberation on 9 May 1945. The Channel Islands are two British Crown dependencies and include the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey as well as the smaller islands of Alderney and Sark...
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Jersey is postcoded as the JE postcode area
JE postcode area
The JE postcode area, also known as the Jersey postcode area, is a group of postal districts covering Jersey.-Coverage:The approximate coverage of the postal districts:The Post town is Jersey for all postcode districts-See also:*Jersey Post...
, established between 1990 and 1994 as an extension of the United Kingdom postcode system. Previously, Jersey did not have postcodes (despite an unsuccessful experiment using delivery round numbers).
Jersey Post Limited was incorporated as a Limited Liability Company
Limited liability company
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by the States of Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....
on 1 July 2006 when the Postal Services (Jersey) Law 2005 came fully into force allowing competition in this sector for the first time. It is licensed by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority as a Class II postal operator and, as such, is designated to hold significant market power
Market power
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and thus is liable for the universal service on the Island.
Jersey Post has an established and active philatelic bureau which issues new designs on a regular basis.
Current status
Jersey Post offers free webmail and, unusually, POP3 mail services called JerseyMail.Jersey Post entered other markets while still a States department. These include Promail, its mailing house set up in 1996, and Offshore Solutions, its fulfillment
Fulfillment house
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service. Promail provides a high-class bulk mail
Bulk mail
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service for the offshore financial community. In 2007 its fulfillment service was affected by changes in States policy and as a consequence it decided to withdraw from this market with the potential loss of over 60 jobs unless a private buyer can be found.
In 2006 Jersey Post added a new premium service (FedEx Express) which Jersey Post calls J-express, It was created for its key high-quality business services, aimed to increase awareness of the benefits J-express can bring to companies who operate in the Island and a more secure way to send items internationally.
In December 2009, Jersey Post launched Jersey's first virtual telephone network, a pay as you go mobile telephone service called Me:Mo.
Jersey Post is member of the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation
Small European Postal Administration Cooperation
The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation is an association of 13 European postal authorities. They are Åland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City. SEPAC is smaller...
, which is an organisation that represents small post offices like Jersey Post and Guernsey Post
Guernsey Post
Guernsey Post is the postal service for the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands. It includes a Philatelic Bureau, and regularly issues both definitive and commemorative stamps...
in Europe.