HayPost
Official postal operator of Armenia
HayPost (Armenian: Հայփոստ) is the official national postal operator of Armenia. It was founded in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. HayPost has 900 locations in Armenia, from urban to remote and rural regions, as well as two overseas offices in the United States. The headquarters of HayPost is located in Yerevan.
01History
In November 2006, the HayPost Trust Management B.V. was created to operate HayPost by the Dutch Post Finance International Company. Awarding the operational contract of HayPost to the Dutch company was approved by the Central Bank of Armenia. The Trust Management is currently owned by Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian. In 2007, HayPost became a member of PostEurop, an association of 52 European public postal operators.
As of 2019, HayPost has approximately 4000 employees. Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan is the main airport used by HayPost for its shipping and receiving of international goods and packages. HayPost maintains an office within the airport grounds.
HayPost stamps have won Europa postage stamp design competitions in 2007 and 2019.
02Regions served
In addition to operating in Armenia, HayPost operates in the partially recognized state of the Republic of Artsakh.
HayPost also maintains an international offices in Glendale, California,Van Nuys ,CA , Sylmar CA and a subsidiary facility in Delaware. The HayPost USA office was established to make it possible to meet the growing demands for shipping services between the United States and Armenia.
In August 2020, it was announced that HayPost would be launching a subsidiary office in China as well as undergo negotiations with Russia's postal service, to develop new logistical services.
03Services
Some of the services offered by HayPost include mail service, bill payments, and travel insurance.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- HayPost new logo.jpg by Unknown author, Fair use
- Haypost Republic Square post office.jpg by Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HayPost logo.png by HayPost, Public domain
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