Qatar Post (formerly Q-Post) is the national provider of

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. Its headquarters building, the General Post Office, has been on the Doha Corniche since 1988. The company was established in 1950 as the General Postal Corporation and the country's first

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opened in

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that same year. At first, in compliance with treaty obligations, British stamps were in use. These were issued in Indian

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denominations with QATAR over-printed in English. The first date-stamp was used for registered letters at Doha Post Office on 17 May 1953. Additional post offices were opened at

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in 1956 and at Umm Said in 1960. In 1980, the company began to provide

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. In 1988, the Central Post Office in Doha was built, though it had been planned to open two years earlier. Considered a good example of

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and a prominent local landmark, the building's construction was contracted to British firm Comconsult. In 2009, it was announced that Qatar had won the bid to host the 25th Universal Postal Union Congress (UPU) in 2012. The event was held in Doha from September to October 2012. Qatar Post is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and is the exclusive national provider of postal services in the country. The service has seen considerable expansion. There were only three direct dispatches of overseas mail in 1963 and this had increased to well over 100 by 2018. The country has more than 130 post-boxes with daily collections. Qatar Post operates the country's largest vehicle fleet, ranging from motor bikes to large trucks. In 2017 Fatma Ibrahim Al Sehlawi collaborated with British-Pakistani artist

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to create the Doha Modern Playground in Al Masrah Park, which drew inspiration from the Qatar Post Office headquarters.

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Official website
Philately of Qatar Communications in Qatar Government-owned companies of Qatar Postal organizations {{Postal administrations of Asia

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