Pošta Crne Gore ( en, Montenegro Post) is
Montenegro
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's national
postal service. It was created on 31 December 1998 following the division of
PTT Montenegro into two separate organisations, one handling telecommunications (
Crnogorski Telekom
Crnogorski Telekom ("Montenegrin Telekom"; full legal name: Crnogorski Telekom a.d. Podgorica) is the leading telecommunications operator based in Podgorica, Montenegro. It is the largest telecommunications company in Montenegro and provides fix ...
) and one handling postal service (Pošta Crne Gore).
History
Public postal traffic was introduced in Montenegro in 1841. The first stamp was printed in 1874. Montenegro was admitted into the
Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...
on 26 July 2006, almost two months after
re-gaining independence.
The first postal service followed in 1854 by the first post office built on the territory of Montenegro, on the initiative of the Austrians.
In 1903, the Montenegrin Post was the first in Europe to use motor vehicles to fulfill its mission of mail delivery.
On October 28, 1998, the division of PTT Saobraćaja Crne Gore, a Montenegrin postal, telegraph and telephone company, into two new companies was approved: a postal operator (Pošta Crne Gore) and a telecommunications operator (Telekom Crne Gore).
[.] It takes effect on December 31 of the same year.
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See also
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Postage stamps and postal history of Montenegro
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Montenegro.
Early postal history
During the first part of the 19th century private letters from Montenegro are very rare. It is mainly official and ecclesiastical letters carried by c ...
References
External links
Official website (en)
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Companies based in Podgorica
Logistics companies of Montenegro
Communications in Montenegro
Philately of Montenegro