Pos Malaysia Berhad ( en, Malaysian Post, ) is a postal delivery service in

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, with history dating back to early 1800s.

Services

Pos Malaysia provides postal and related services, namely: * Standard Mail (Flexipack Domestic, Standard Mail, Non-Standard Mail, Postcards, Mel Rakyat, Pos Ekspres, Pos Daftar, Pos Solutions). * Courier, Express & Parcels CEP (Same Day Delivery, Next Day Delivery, Time Certain Service, Pos Parcel, Pos Ekspres, Pos Laju Prepaid Pack, On-Demand Pick-up, Prepaid Envelopes/Boxes). * Retail (Bill payments, driving rketplace). The company holds an exclusive concession to provide mail services through its network of over 926 branches and mini post offices across Malaysia.

About

History

The history of Pos Malaysia Berhad can be traced back to the early 1800s with the establishment of postal services first in the

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by the early 20th century. Letters were then conveyed through dispatch riders or special messengers. Instead of postage stamps, fees were collected when letters were handed in at the Post Office. Letters posted were given a receipt. The system later changed when the Indian stamps overprinted with crown and Straits' stamps overprinted with dollars and cents were introduced in 1867. The first inaugural set of postage stamps was introduced in 1901. The

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Posts and Telegraphs Department was formally created on 1 January 1905 with the merger of the postal and telegraph services of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang.Report on the Post and Telegraphs Department for the Year 1924,Supplement to the FMS Government Gazette, 26 June 1925. http://commonrepo.um.edu.my/432/1/FMS%20GOV%201925_24.pdf A Malayan Postage Union was established in 1907 that instituted universal postage rates for the

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, and Johor. Kedah, Kelantan, and Trengganu joined in 1909 when they transferred from Thailand to British protection. It also started as a medium for the transmission of letters, newspapers, and business documents. The postal service soon evolved into a multiple services provider. It began to venture into parcel delivery, registrations, insurance service, transaction of money (postal order & money order), and investment of funds ( Post Office Saving Bank). The postal service, then known as Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos – Postal Services Department (PSD), also began to take over numerous services on behalf of the Government departments. It started to collect payment of electricity bills, sale of dog licences, payment of pensions, sale of

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and others. In 1992, Pos Malaysia Berhad was corporated from the PSD. In September 2001, Pos Malaysia Berhad was listed on the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known as

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) through a reverse takeover of a Philio Allied Berhad assuming its listing status. Today, Pos Malaysia has many Strategic Business Units - POS Laju, POS, Data Pos, POS ArRahnu, POS Digicert, POS Solutions & POS Online.

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{{authority control Government-owned companies of Malaysia