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Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A.

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Company type	Sociedad anónima
Industry	Postal service
Predecessor	Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos
Founded	November 5, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-11-05)
Headquarters	Lima, Peru
Owner	Ministry of Transport and Communications
Website	https://www.serpost.com.pe/

Servicios Postales del Perú, S.A., trading under the name Serpost, is a state-owned postal service and courier of Peru. As the country's national post office, it employs 563 postal workers, 1,744 other workers and has 158 offices in Peru.

The state-owned company is dedicated to the service of correspondence, money orders, and the national and international parcel and delivery market, and fulfills the functions of the Universal Postal Service.

History

The company was created on November 5, 1991 through Supreme Decree #685, succeeding the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos, which had a monopoly on the postal service of Peru since 1916. It formally started functioning on November 22, 1994.

See also

• Casa de Correos y Telégrafos
• Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
• List of national postal services § The Americas

References

1. "Serpost recibe más de 260 000 transacciones al mes por compras electrónicas". La República. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Nómina Activa de SERVICIOS POSTALES DEL PERU SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SERPOST S.A." DatosPerú.org. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
3. "El otrora poderoso servicio postal". El Comercio. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
4. "Decreto Legislativo 685, Declaran al Servicio Postal, de Necesidad y Utilidad Pública y de Preferente Interés Social" (PDF). Portal de Transparencia Estándar. 1991-11-05.
5. "Quiénes somos". Serpost.

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