Jersey Post
Jersey Post logo.
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| Limited Liability Company | |
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| Predecessor | Committee for Postal Administration |
| Founded | 1 July 2006 |
| Headquarters | Postal Headquarters La Rue Grellier Rue des Pres Trading Estate, Parish of St Saviour, Jersey |
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Key people
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Mike Liston (Chairman) Tim Brown (Chief Executive) |
| Website | www |
Jersey Post or Jersey Post Group is the licensed universal service provider of mail service for the Bailiwick of Jersey.
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.
Jersey is postcoded as the JE postcode area, 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 International Limited was incorporated as a Limited Liability Company by the States 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 and thus is liable for the universal service on the Island.
In 1969, with the establishment of Jersey Post, 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 German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Jersey Post has an established and active philatelic bureau which issues new designs on a regular basis.
In 2012, Jersey Post produced a special limited edition stamp for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, featuring a real diamond. The sheets sold out by pre-ordering before their February 2012 publication.
Jersey Post is member of the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation, which is an organisation that represents small post offices like Jersey Post and Guernsey Post in Europe.
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