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Correos de Chile, also known as CorreosChile (''ChilePost'' —not to be confused with the private mail and courier company ChilePost), is a Chilean
state-owned State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public ownersh ...
and autonomous enterprise dedicated to the mailing, money transfers, and national/international courier services, and fulfilling the functions of Universal Postal Service. It can trace its history back to the establishment of the first postal service in 1747, in the Captaincy General of Chile.260 años del correo en Chile
, by Alfonso Calderón, Correos de Chile, October 2007, access date February 15th, 2010
The current state-owned enterprise was created by the ''DFL N° 10, December 24 of 1981'', dissolving the previous SOE Servicio de Correos y Telégrafos (), separating mailing and Telex services, founding Telex-Chile (that was extinguished as a service following the rise of the internet, but still exists legally as enterprise, providing other telecommunications services). It is administratively under the
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications ( es, Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones) is a government ministry of Chile. Its head office is in Santiago. The current head is Juan Carlos Muñoz. References External links Ministry ...
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Sitio oficial de Correos de Chile

''Sociedad Filatélica de Chile'' - Philately Society of Chile

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''FilateliaChile'' Philately Chile
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