Royal Gibraltar Post Office
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| Industry | Postal Service |
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| Founded | 1886 |
| Headquarters | Main Street, Gibraltar |
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Area served
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Gibraltar |
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Key people
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David Ledger CEO John Robba Director Frank Bado Director |
| Owner | Government of Gibraltar |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 36°08′31″N 5°21′12″W / 36.141909°N 5.353397°W
David Ledger CEO
John Robba Director
The Royal Gibraltar Post Office is the postal services in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is currently a department within the Government of Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar Post Office has been running for over 150 years, as in 1857 the Overland Post Office (based in the colonial authorities' premises at Secretary's Lane) merged with the Packet Agency (which had office's in Turnbull's Lane). The first stamps went on sale in September and a year later a new building was completed and opened at 104 Main Street. This remains the main post office in Gibraltar today.
In 1886 the local colonial authorities took over control of the Gibraltar Post Office and was able to issue their own stamps. Initially they overprinted Bermuda stamps but by December they had their own design. However they still sold Spanish stamps if required and between 1889 and 1898 the post office sold Gibraltar stamps valued in pesetas as this was the currency in circulation.
For the first fifty years the Gibraltar Post Office had responsibility for the post office not only in Gibraltar but also for the British postal service in Morocco. This ended in 1907.
In 2005 the Gibraltar Post Office was granted the title of "Royal" by Her Majesty the Queen. Gibraltar is the only Commonwealth or British Overseas Territory post office outside the United Kingdom that bears this title. Gibraltar has traditional red pillar boxes and the tops are also frequently painted black.
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