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LOCAL Wednesday 3 august 2022

Post Aruba emits a stamp series to commemorate its 130th

anniversary

Oranjestad - To com- the harbor of Oranjestad different periods in time.
memorate the 130th an- - all public mail had to be The use of vehicles went
niversary of Aruba’s postal collected at the auxiliary from bicycle to motorcar to
service, on August 1, 2022, post office. People used all scooter.
Post Aruba NV has issued a means of transportation to The red vintage standing
souvenirs sheet with 3 post- pick-up their mail – horses, letterbox goes back to the
al stamps, and a First Day donkeys, boats, but most of early years of postal service
Cover envelope, that were them came on foot. and a few have survived
designed by Mr. Nigel Mat- Afterwards, letters and and can still be seen in
thew. packages did also start be- Aruba, while the mailbox at
ing transported via air by the entrance of homes has
This unique emission repre- airplane. changed it’s shape and
sents the transport of letters Currently, on arrival of mail size over the years, but has
and packages over the at the post office, mail is maintained its function and ba” stamps serie please page: postaruba.com/
past 130 years by means of sorted and distributed by has become a contempo- visit the Facebook page: philatelic/q
images of postmen, trans- postmen to their final des- rary element in house fa- Aruba Stamps or Web-
port-vehicles, mailboxes ignated addresses. cades.
and envelopes.
Envelopes being scattered This stamp series and First
The first postal activities in the air, symbolizes the va- Day Cover envelope are
on the island consisted of riety of directions that mail available at all the Post Of-
sending and receiving mail was sent to all corners of fice locations, namely in
from boats originating from the world. Oranjestad and San Nico-
Curaçao and at times Ven- The red, white and blue bor- las, and online on www.
ezuela. Garibaldi Cephas ders of airmail envelopes postaruba.com/stamp-
Helder received the mail became a recognizable shop
that came in on the boats. trademark for “airmail”.
The announcement of the The different uniforms of For more information on
mail’s arrival took place in the postmen indicate the the “130 Years of Post Aru-