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Georgian Post, the leading postal operator of the country, provides its customers with all types of universal postal services. The company relies on utilizing modern technologies, which ensures significant improvement in terms of the quality of service and delivery time.
Georgian Post is a member of the UPU and PostEurop.
UPU - the Universal Postal Union, one of the world's oldest international organizations. Established in 1874 in the capital of Switzerland, Bern, it is currently uniting 192 countries.
PostEurop - European Public Postal Union. Established in 1993 in Brussels, it is uniting 52 postal operators from 49 countries.
In 2016 Georgia became a member of the UPU's Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC). In addition, Georgia is a vice-chairman county of UPU's Council of Administration (CA).
In recent years Georgian Post has implemented many fundamental reforms focused on improvement of operational capacity and service development. We revised our brand philosophy and visual image, renewed our service centers, retrained our personnel, created new working standards, and introduced cutting-edge technologies. As a result, Georgian Post has been recognized as a trusted and important partner of the 191 countries of the world.
Georgian Post is the largest postal organization in the country. Along with the widest array of services, it offers its customers the most extensive network of service centers. Today 81 service centers of Georgian Post operate throughout the country. The company employs 2700 highly qualified personnel.
Georgian post provides the following services
Georgian post incorporates:
Georgian International Express Mail (EMS), which has been connected to the global network, the Express Mail Services since March 1, 2001
Mission
Georgian Post operates on the principle of valuing and nurturing long-term relationships with customers, partners, and personnel.
Through professionalism and implementation of modern technologies, the company aspires to create a high standard of service.
In compliance with the universal principles of postal service Georgian Post upholds and protects the rights of every citizen to the availability and accessibility of postal services. We assure our customers that Georgian Post will deliver mailpieces timely and securely to the remotest parts of the country regardless of the season or weather.
Vision
By maintaining a high standard of services, Georgian Post envisions to earn its customers' loyalty and become a trusted partner for both customers and partner organizations. Staffed with professionals, the Service Centers ensure the company's success on the local as well as international market by providing a high-quality service and timely, secure delivery of each mailpiece. Georgian Post is planning to expand and become the leading postal operator in the region.
History
Georgian Post has a long history. The Georgian Chronicles (Kartlis Tskhovreba) describes how speedily the news was disseminated across Georgia by messengers and runners. At the end of the XIX, Ioane Batonishvili, a prominent Georgian economist and author of the state reform project, thought that establishment of the Postal Offices would be beneficial for people and profitable for the state treasury. Expansion of trade would also be impossible without postal services, hence he demanded establishment of postal services and the Post Office. "The Post Offices, or Tcharapkhanas, shall be, if possible, established in three locations: Kartli, Kakheti, and Tatarstan", wrote Ioane Batonishvili.
The first postal transportation in Georgia is related to the Georgian uremi (Georgian national type of transport - a two-wheeled animal-drawn vehicle). Popov Central Museum of Communications in Sankt-Petersburg exhibits Georgian uremi along with the oldest means of postal transportation. An oxen-pulled uremi loaded by a heavy mailbox is led by two Georgians. Georgian uremi as a means of postal transportation has been noted in sources from other countries as well. Technology and Industry, vol.10 (1900), translated from German to Russian, describes some of the unique exhibits of the Berlin Post Museum and has this to say about Georgian uremi: "Pictures of mail transportation by means of the Georgian uremi are especially interesting Russian exhibits of this museum." Thus, the Georgian uremi has its place in the world's postal services history.
One of the catalogs of the Popov Central Museum of Communications informs that the World Postal Exhibition, Chicago 1893 displayed in its Russian Post section a model of the Georgian Mail Uremi and a painting depicting postal transportation in the Caucasus mountains.
Mail between Vladikavkaz and Tbilisi is transported solely through the horse relay stations.
The first Post Office is established in Tbilisi.
Additional 120 horses are allocated to the postal transportation.
Postal Offices along some of the mail transportation roads are in private ownership. In 1836 the process of surrendering private ownership to the State Postal Agency is initiated.
The XII postal district is created. It unites the Kartli-Imereti and Kaspi Districts. In 1857, at the District Chief Officer, N. Kakhanov's request, the Post Office is established in Tbilisi. Kakhanov carries out various reforms in the postal business. He is credited with issuing the "Tbilisi postage stamp".
Construction of 11 new Postal Offices along the Tbilisi-Vladikavkaz route.
The number of horses serving the Postal Offices in the Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Dusheti, Pasanauri, Mleta, Gudauri, Kazbegi, Larsi, Balta, and Vladikavkaz reaches 652. The leading Georgian society is closely interested in postal transportation by the Georgian Military Road.
President of the Caucasus Branch of the Russian Technical Society, a renowned scientist and engineer, M. Garsevanishvili, at the December 14, 1872 meeting, brought up examples of the mail delivery delays from Petersburg, particularly pointing out the Kvishkheti and Kazbegi directions, which were challenging due to the snow and avalanche. The management of the Road Traffic's 8th District addressed Petersburg with a proposal to redirect the more-than-5-days-delayed Tbilisi mail through Temur-Khan-Shura, Derbet, Baku, and Elizavetopol making the route 1211, as opposed to 200, versts long.
Newspaper Droeba (S. Meskhi's article "Postlessness") - "Most of the locations in Georgia, except for the towns and settlements along the railroads, receive mail no more than 2-3 times a week... I think it is time the Post Office management and our government pay due attention to this circumstance. What was the case 20 years ago, no longer applies to our life: trade and industry in our country are expanding by day, schools are mushrooming, an increasing number of literate people are craving for the news, travel and communication between counties is doubled. Apart from this, well-functioning post roads and correspondence are necessary for the government as well."
The author believed that improvement of postal services would be advisable even at the cost of increased prices. "if only people could have properly functioning postal services, timely delivered books and newspapers, no one would object to the raised prices," he wrote.
Launching of the Racha-Lechkhumi post road - "People are delighted by the launch of the post road", says the newspaper Iveria. This demonstrates how supportive people were of the development of communications in Georgia.
Mtskheta Post Office is established this same year.
Newspaper Iveria informs : "Organization of mail transportation in villages is receiving significant attention."
Money transfers become available as a postal service - "the sender would bring the money to the Post Office, the Post Office would issue a receipt to the sender and would send a coupon to the addressee, which would allow the latter to withdraw the money from the Post Office at his location. This procedure was used to send up to 1000 Manats." (newspaper Iveria, #229)
Ilia Chavchavadze's newspaper Iveria pointed out that the post bonded people, stimulated trade, and contributed to the education of the population. Enhancement of the postal network and establishment of Postal Offices in Georgian regions, especially in the villages, was of great importance. Increased number of Postal Offices ensured availability and accessibility of postal services for increasing number of people.
Newspaper Iveria informs that Post Offices were established in Akhmeta and Ikhalto.
Georgia has 108 Postal Offices in operation.
Georgia becomes a member of the Universal Postal Union, which integrates the country in the world network of postal services.
LLC Georgian Post is established as the 100% state-owned enterprise by the Ministry of Communications and Post of Georgia.