MaltaPost

MaltaPost p.l.c. is the postal service company in Malta. The public limited company took over the postal services previously carried out by Posta Limited, and started operating on 1 May 1998.

History MaltaPost p.l.c. was registered with the Malta Registry of Companies as a public limited company on 16 April 1998. It took over from Posta Limited on 1 May of that year. On 31 January 2002, MaltaPost was partially privatized when the government sold 35% to Transcend Worldwide Ltd, a subsidiary company of New Zealand Post Ltd. In September 2007 the government sold 25% of its shareholding in MaltaPost to Lombard Bank plc, which effectively became the majority shareholder in the company with 60% shareholding. The other 40% were sold to the public in January 2008.

In 2011 MaltaPost carried out a series of reforms, including adopting a new logo.

MaltaPost inaugurated the Malta Postal Museum in June 2016.

Stamps

MaltaPost issued its first stamps on 27 May 1998, and the issue consisted of a set of 4 commemorating the International Year of the Ocean. Less than a year after MaltaPost took over, in early 1999, the German company Bundesdruckerei began printing Maltese stamps instead of the local company Printex Limited. MaltaPost's first definitive was issued between 1999 and 2003, and it showed Maltese flowers. In 2004, Printex began printing Maltese stamps once again. Since then, the number of sets per year has increased and photography began to be used more often on stamps, especially in 2008–2009. Many recent issues are based on paintings or photos or graphic designs designed by MaltaPost itself. Many stamps are based on local topics, and English is the predominant language on stamps. MaltaPost takes part in various stamp issuing programmes including EUROPA and SEPAC.

Since 2022 there have been a lot of sets with high values when standard local postage is €0.37.

Outlets

Postal hubs There are 4 hubs in Malta and 1 in Gozo, each locality in Malta and Gozo is under one of these hubs. Name Address Locality Central 1 Hub Qormi Road Marsa Central 2 Hub Mensija Road San Ġwann South Hub Our Lady of Sorrows Street Żejtun North Hub St Paul's Street San Pawl il-Bahar Gozo Hub Saint Elizabeth Street Xewkija, Gozo

Post offices

A code starting with "R" indicates a Branch Post Office (BPO), and one with "S" indicates a Sub Post Office (SPO). The latter are usually located in shops such as stationers. Currently (September 2015) MaltaPost operates 35 BPOs (including 5 in Gozo) and 28 SPOs (including 3 in Gozo).

Code Address Locality R01 Qormi Road Marsa R02 Victory Street Qormi R03 Dun Ġulju Muscat Street Luqa R04 Malta International Airport Luqa R05 Saint Catherine Street Żurrieq R06 Sciortino Street Żebbuġ R07 Parish Square Rabat R08 Main Street Balzan R09 Valley Road Birkirkara R10 21 September Avenue Naxxar R11 Constitution Street Mosta R12 New Windmill Street Mellieħa R13 Wax Alley San Pawl il-Baħar R14 Dolmen Street Buġibba R15 Naxxar Street San Ġwann R16 Paceville Street San Ġiljan R17 Manwel Dimech Street Sliema R18 Meme' Scicluna Square Gżira R19 Gwardamanġa Hill Pietà R20 Ferrovija Street Ħamrun R21 Castille Square Valletta R22 Old Bakery Street Valletta R23 Antoine de Paule Square Paola R24 Fuq San Pawl Bormla R25 Convent Street Żabbar R26 Saint Lucian Street Żejtun R27 Żarenu Dalli Street Birżebbuġa R28 Visitation Street Għarb, Gozo R29 Republic Street Victoria, Gozo R30 Racecourse Street Xagħra, Gozo R31 North Street Nadur, Gozo R32 J. F. de Chambray Street Għajnsielem, Gozo R33 University Campus Msida R34 Sir Adrian Dingli Street Sliema R35 G. Bessiera Street Swieqi S01 Saint Nicholas Square Siġġiewi S02 Parish Street Mqabba S04 Eroj Swatar Square Birkirkara S06 Marina Street Marsaskala S07 Victory Square Birgu S08 Archbishop Gonzi Square Kalkara S09 Saint Thomas Street Fgura S10 Market Square Tarxien S12 Frenċ Abela Square Dingli S14 Ġorġ Borg Olivier Street Mellieħa S15 Kananea Street Attard S16 Mannarino Street Birkirkara S17 L. Casolani Street Birkirkara S20 Saint Bartholomeo Street Għargħur S21 Feliċ Borġ Street San Ġwann S22 Ċensu Xerri Street Sliema S23 Testaferrata Street Ta' Xbiex S26 Our Lady of Sorrows Street San Lawrenz S29 Victory Street Birkirkara S30 Kaħli Street San Pawl il-Baħar S31 Orvieto Street Kerċem, Gozo S32 Manoel de Vilhena Street Gżira S33 Wesgħa Bir Id-Deheb Għaxaq S35 Marfa Road Mellieħa S36 Fleur-de-Lys Street Santa Venera S37 Glormu Cassar Street Mosta S38 Dun Karm Caruana Street Għasri, Gozo S39 Imhazen Street Floriana

Other There are an additional 431 authorized stamp vendors in Malta and Gozo. Letterboxes are also found in practically every locality.

Postal codes

MaltaPost initially continued to use postal codes as they were in the 1990s. In 2007 they changed the postcodes of all addresses in the Maltese Islands. Each code consist of three letters, that differ by locality, and four numbers, for example MTP 1001 (the postcode of MaltaPost's main complex in Marsa).

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