MaltaPost


MaltaPost p.l.c. is the postal service company in Malta. The public limited company took over the postal services previously carried out by Posta Limited, and started operating on May 1, 1998.

History

MaltaPost p.l.c. was registered with the Malta Registry of Companies as a public limited company on 16 April 1998. It took over from Posta Limited on 1 May of that year. On 31 January 2002, MaltaPost was partially privatized when the government sold 35% to Transcend Worldwide Ltd, a subsidiary company of New Zealand Post Ltd. In September 2007 the government sold 25% of its shareholding in MaltaPost to Lombard Bank plc, which effectively became the majority shareholder in the company with 60% shareholding. The other 40% were sold to the public in January 2008.
In 2011 MaltaPost carried out a series of reforms, including adopting a new logo.
MaltaPost inaugurated the Malta Postal Museum in June 2016.

Stamps

MaltaPost issued its first stamps on 27 May 1998, and the issue consisted of a set of 4 commemorating the International Year of the Ocean. Less than a year after MaltaPost took over, in early 1999, the German company Bundesdruckerei began printing Maltese stamps instead of the local company Printex Limited. MaltaPost's first definitive was issued between 1999 and 2003, and it showed Maltese flowers. In 2004, Printex began printing Maltese stamps once again. Since then, the number of sets per year has increased and photography began to be used more often on stamps, especially in 2008-2009. Many recent issues are based on paintings or photos or graphic designs designed by MaltaPost itself. Many stamps are based on local topics, and English is the predominant language on stamps. MaltaPost takes part in various stamp issuing programmes including EUROPA and SEPAC.
Since 2003 there have been a lot of sets with high values when standard local postage is €0.30.

Outlets

Postal hubs

There are 3 hubs in Malta and 1 in Gozo, each locality in Malta and Gozo is under one of these hubs.
NameAddressLocality
Central 1 HubQormi RoadMarsa
Central 2 HubMensija RoadSan Ġwann
South HubOur Lady of Sorrows StreetŻejtun
Gozo HubSaint Elizabeth StreetXewkija, Gozo

Post offices

A code starting with "R" indicates a Branch Post Office, and one with "S" indicates a Sub Post Office. The latter are usually located in shops such as stationers. Currently MaltaPost operates 35 BPOs and 28 SPOs.
CodeAddressLocality
R01Qormi RoadMarsa
R02Victory StreetQormi
R03Dun Ġulju Muscat StreetLuqa
R04Malta International AirportLuqa
R05Saint Catherine StreetŻurrieq
R06Sciortino StreetŻebbuġ
R07Parish SquareRabat
R08Main StreetBalzan
R09Valley RoadBirkirkara
R1021 September AvenueNaxxar
R11Constitution StreetMosta
R12New Windmill StreetMellieħa
R13Wax AlleySan Pawl il-Baħar
R14Dolmen StreetBuġibba
R15Naxxar StreetSan Ġwann
R16Paceville StreetSan Ġiljan
R17Manwel Dimech StreetSliema
R18Meme' Scicluna SquareGżira
R19Gwardamanġa HillPietà
R20Ferrovija StreetĦamrun
R21Castille SquareValletta
R22Old Bakery StreetValletta
R23Antoine de Paule SquarePaola
R24Fuq San PawlBormla
R25Convent StreetŻabbar
R26Saint Lucian StreetŻejtun
R27Żarenu Dalli StreetBirżebbuġa
R28Visitation StreetGħarb, Gozo
R29Republic StreetVictoria, Gozo
R30Racecourse StreetXagħra, Gozo
R31North StreetNadur, Gozo
R32J. F. de Chambray StreetGħajnsielem, Gozo
R33University CampusMsida
R34Sir Adrian Dingli StreetSliema
R35G. Bessiera StreetSwieqi
S01Saint Nicholas SquareSiġġiewi
S02Parish StreetMqabba
S04Eroj Swatar SquareBirkirkara
S06Marina StreetMarsaskala
S07Victory SquareBirgu
S08Archbishop Gonzi SquareKalkara
S09Saint Thomas StreetFgura
S10Market SquareTarxien
S12Frenċ Abela SquareDingli
S14Ġorġ Borg Olivier StreetMellieħa
S15Kananea StreetAttard
S16Mannarino StreetBirkirkara
S17L. Casolani StreetBirkirkara
S20Saint Bartholomeo StreetGħargħur
S21Feliċ Borġ StreetSan Ġwann
S22Ċensu Xerri StreetSliema
S23Testaferrata StreetTa' Xbiex
S26Our Lady of Sorrows StreetSan Lawrenz
S29Victory StreetBirkirkara
S30Kaħli StreetSan Pawl il-Baħar
S31Orvieto StreetKerċem, Gozo
S32Manoel de Vilhena StreetGżira
S33Wesgħa Bir Id-DehebGħaxaq
S35Marfa RoadMellieħa
S36Fleur-de-Lys StreetSanta Venera
S37Glormu Cassar StreetMosta
S38Dun Karm Caruana StreetGħasri, Gozo
S39Imhazen StreetFloriana

Other

There are an additional 431 authorized stamp vendors in Malta and Gozo. Letterboxes are also found in practically every locality.

Postal codes

MaltaPost initially continued to use postal codes as they were in the 1990s. In 2007 they changed the postcodes of all addresses in the Maltese Islands. Each code consist of three letters, that differ by locality, and four numbers, for example MTP 1001.