Jersey Post is the licensed universal service provider of mail service for the Bailiwick of
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...
.
History
Jersey Post was established (as the Committee for Postal Administration) by the ''Post Office (Jersey) Law 1969'', in 1969 as a result of an
Order in Council
An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council (''Kin ...
which enabled the Crown dependencies to establish independent postal services.
Jersey is postcoded as the
JE postcode area
The JE postcode area, also known as the Jersey postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of postal districts covering Jersey.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of each postcode district:United Kingdom postcode system.Celebrating 40 years of Jersey Post /ref> /nowiki>], House of Commons Hansard, London, 17 December 2002, column 739W. Previously, Jersey did not have postcodes (despite an unsuccessful experiment using delivery round numbers).
Jersey Post International Limited was incorporated as a
Limited Liability Company
A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of ...
by the
States Assembly
The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes.
The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system o ...
on 1 July 2006 when the ''Postal Services (Jersey) Law 2005'' came fully into force allowing competition in this sector for the first time. It is licensed by the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority as a Class II postal operator and, as such, is designated to hold significant market power and thus is liable for the universal service on the Island.
Jersey Philatelic Bureau
In 1969, with the establishment of Jersey Post, UK postage stamps ceased to be valid in the Crown dependencies. The Bailiwicks had previously produced stamps and operated independent postal systems during the 1940–1945 German occupation of the Channel Islands.
Jersey Post has a philatelic department which researches, designs, produces and markets Jersey postage stamps which are then sold to stamp collectors worldwide. Jersey Post is member of the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation (SEPAC), which is an organisation that represents small post offices in Europe in connection with both philatelic and postal matters.
Postal and other services
Jersey Post entered other markets while still a States department. These include Promail, its mailing house set up in 1996, and Offshore Solutions, its fulfilment service. Promail provides a
bulk mail
Bulk mail broadly refers to mail that is mailed and processed in bulk at reduced rates. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for advertising mail.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) defines bulk mail broadly as "quantities of mail prepar ...
service for the offshore financial community. In 2007, its fulfilment service was affected by changes in States policy and as a consequence it decided to withdraw from this market with the potential loss of over 60 jobs unless a private buyer can be found.
In 2006, Jersey Post added a new premium service (
FedEx Express
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. As of 2020, it is one of the world's largest airlines in terms of fleet size and freight tons flown. It is the na ...
) which Jersey Post calls J-express.
In December 2009, Jersey Post launched Jersey's first virtual telephone network, a pay as you go mobile telephone service called Me:Mo. In 2011, this telecoms service was terminated, and customer accounts were transferred to Airtel-Vodafone.
In 2016, Jersey Post Group acquired UK based European logistics company, Fraser Freight, this acquisition formed the basis for global logistics company JPGL.