universal service
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provider of mail service for the Bailiwick of
Jersey
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
.
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
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which enabled the
Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are three dependent territory, offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the The Crown, British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, both lo ...
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
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by the
States Assembly
The States Assembly (; 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 of self-government according ...
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
The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) is the competition, postal, and telecommunications regulatory authority for Jersey, a British Crown Dependency located in the English Channel.
Jersey's Competition Laws
The Jersey Competition R ...
as a Class II postal operator and, as such, is designated to hold significant
market power
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and thus is liable for the universal service on the Island. Jersey Post International Limited is wholly owned by the Government of Jersey through Government of Jersey Investments Limited.
Jersey stamps
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
The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are British Crown dependencies in the ...
.
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 and the United Kingdom in connection with both philatelic and postal matters.
Postal and other services
Jersey Post has entered several other markets. These include Promail, its mailing house set up in 1996, and Offshore Solutions, its fulfilment service. Promail provides a bulk mail service for the offshore financial community.
In 2006, Jersey Post added a new premium service (
FedEx Express
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) 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
Airtel-Vodafone Limited is a mobile network operator located in Jersey and Guernsey (Channel Islands), and regulated by the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities. Until 2024, it was a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Vo ...
.
In 2016, Jersey Post Group acquired UK based European logistics company, Fraser Freight, now known as Woodside Logistics, this acquisition formed the basis for global logistics company JPGL.