Isle of Man Post Office
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The Isle of Man Post Office (Manx: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin), which formerly used the trading name Isle of Man Post, operates postal collection, ancillary mail services, philatelic goods and delivery services and post office counter services on the Isle of Man.
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[edit] History
The Isle of Man's postal service was originally operated by the United Kingdom's General Post Office, with a daily postal connection with the UK since 1879. In 1966 the UK Government commenced planning to convert the General Post Office into a public corporation, and as part of this process offered each of the Crown Dependencies the opportunity to assume control of the operations of the GPO on their territories. On the 18 October 1968, Tynwald decided that they did not wish to take up the offer, but provision was made in the Post Office Act 1969 nonetheless.
In the Channel Islands, the authorities did accept the offer, and postal and telecommunications activities of the GPO were transferred in October 1969 to form Jersey Post and Guernsey Post (telecoms activities were transferred to Jersey Telecom and Guernsey Telecoms respectively).
In 1972, following negotiations by Tynwald to have the telephone system excluded from the transfer, it was agreed that the Isle of Man would, after all, take over control of the insular postal administration. As a result, the Isle of Man Post Office Authority was formed and took over the postal assets and functions of the Post Office on 5 July 1973. The monies paid for the assets of the Post Office, £148,624, were recouped within the first year from the surpluses generated by the Authority. It was reconstituted as a Statutory Board and renamed the 'Isle of Man Post Office' by the Post Office Act 1993.
[edit] Telecommunications
Telecommunications remained the responsibility of the British Post Office until 1981, when British Telecom was created. In 1987, telecommunications were transferred to the local company Manx Telecom, which was initially a wholly owned subsidiary of BT, but became a subsidiary of O2.
[edit] Stamps
Stamps with unique Isle of Man designs were first issued in 1971 as a variant of the 'Machin' design, and since 1973 they have been the only valid stamps on the island, and also not valid for postage in the UK or elsewhere. Isle of Man stamps have since become popular with philatelists throughout the world.
[edit] Postal rates
When sending mail to the Island from elsewhere, the Isle of Man is treated as though it were part of the United Kingdom, and mail from the UK continues to be charged at Royal Mail's UK inland rates. However, postcodes were not introduced in the Isle of Man until 1993, when the Island was postcoded as the IM postcode area as an extension of the United Kingdom postcode system.[1]
Mail sent from the Island to the UK is flown across the Irish Sea, and enters the first-class stream of the Royal Mail for next-day delivery.[2]
The Isle of Man Post Office is a member of the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation.
[edit] Post Offices
- Crown Post Offices
- Sub Post Offices
- Douglas
- Crosby Terrace
- Windsor Road
- Pulrose
- Willaston
- Governor's Hill
- Royal Avenue
- Anagh Coar
- Saddlestone
- Onchan
- Peel
- Castletown
- Port Erin
- Ballasalla
- Ballaugh
- Crosby
- Foxdale
- Jurby
- Kirk Michael
- Andreas
- Bride
- Laxey
- Port St. Mary
- St. John's
- Sulby
- Union Mills
- Douglas
[edit] Chairmen
- Charles Faragher, 1984–86
- Bernie May, 1986–88
- Norman Butler, 1988–91
- David Cretney, 1992–96
- Alex Downie, 1997–99
- John Shimmin, 1999–2003
- Edgar Quine, 2003–04
- Pamela Crowe MLC, 2004–08
- Alan Crowe MLC, 2008–11
- Geoff Corkish MHK, 2011–present
[edit] See also
- Communications on the Isle of Man
- Country definitives
- List of postal codes in the Isle of Man
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man
[edit] References
- ^ Written Answer [87341], House of Commons Hansard, London, 17 December 2002, column 739W.
- ^ Delivery Standards - Isle of Man Post Office Website
[edit] External links
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