Qatar Post

Qatar Post (formerly Q-Post)[1] is the national provider of postal services in Qatar.[2] Its headquarters building, the General Post Office, has been on the Doha Corniche since 1988.[2][3]

Qatar Post
بريد قطر
Logo of Qatar Post

Headquarters of Qatar Post Office
Postal Authority overview
Formed1950
TypeAgency of the Government of Qatar
HeadquartersDoha, Qatar
MottoTo Qatar, From Qatar, For Qatar.
Postal Authority executive
  • Faleh Al Naemi, Chairman & Managing Director
Parent departmentMinistry of Communications and Information Technology
Parent Postal AuthorityQatar Postal Services Company
WebsiteQatar Post

The company was established in 1950 as the General Postal Corporation and the country's first post office opened in Doha that same year.[2] At first, in compliance with treaty obligations, British stamps were in use. These were issued in Indian rupee denominations with QATAR over-printed in English.[2] The first date-stamp was used for registered letters at Doha Post Office on 17 May 1953.[2] Additional post offices were opened at Dukhan in 1956 and at Umm Said in 1960.[2]

In 2009, it was announced that Qatar had won the bid to host the 25th Universal Postal Union Congress (UPU) in 2012.[4] The event was held from September to October 2012.[5]

Qatar Post is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and is exclusively the national provider of postal services in the country.[2] The service has seen considerable expansion. There were only three direct dispatches of overseas mail in 1963 and this had increased to well over 100 by 2018. The country has more than 130 post-boxes with daily collections. Qatar Post operates the country's largest vehicle fleet, ranging from motor bikes to large trucks.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Qatar Post new brand reveal كشف الستار عن الهوية الجديدة لبريد قطر - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. "History". www.qatarpost.qa. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. "Part of Corniche Street to be closed for two days". Gulf Times. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. "Qatar signs agreement to hold 25th Universal Postal Congress 2012 in Doha". Universal Postal Union. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. "Qatar Hosts 25th Universal Postal Congress". Arab News Express. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.



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