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In every city in Mauritius, there is a post office, even in small village there is a post office.
Since 2003, the Mauritius post is known as The Mauritius Post Ltd, before it was part of the government department which was operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
The post in Mauritius was first established during the colonization of the French by Pierre Nicolas Lambert, the post forms part of the oldest institutions of the island.
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When the British took possession of the island, the postal services deteriorated. In 1847, Mauritius Island produced its first two famous stamps which are until now two of the rarest stamps of the world.
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The two stamps were engraved and printed in Port Louis, Mauritius the capital city of Mauritius by Joseph Osmond Barnard.
In 1848, an order was placed with Pekins Bacon from Britain for the printing of postage stamps. The first 100,000 arrived in 1849.
Most of the stamps during the last 150 years featured the profiles of the Arms of the colony, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George VI, King George V, and Queen Elizabeth II.
Since 1950 there were stamps produced with birds, marine life and other pictures.
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As from independence since 1968, the Mauritius stamps were issued with political evolution, history, culture, fauna, and flora.
The post of Mauritius offers bank services, telegram, and usual postal services.
The Mauritius Post also works together with FedEx.
In the post the Mauritian people can pay their electricity and water bills, pay the road tax of their cars too.
You want to learn more about Mauritius post and stamps,
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just have a visit at the Blue Penny museum at Le Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis.
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