Postal museum

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There are museums for postal organisations and the worldwide postal system:[2]

Africa

Egypt

Ethiopia

Kenya

  • German Postal Museum, Lamu

Mauritius

  • National Postal Museum

Morocco

South Africa

Americas

Canada

Cuba

Guatemala

United States of America

Asia

China

Indonesia

Japan

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

  • National Postal Museum, Colombo

Pakistan

  • Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad[citation needed]

Taiwan

Europe

Andorra

Cyprus

Czech Republic

  • Czech Post Museum[5]

Denmark

  • Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen[6]
  • Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus[7]

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Liechtenstein

Postmuseum des Fürstentums Liechtenstein

Monaco

Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies de Monaco

Netherlands

  • Museum voor Communicatie

Russia

Sweden

United Kingdom

Middle East

Egypt

Israel

United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia

  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[11]

See also

External links

Media related to Postal museum at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog
  2. "Links". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2008-09-25. "Links to: Non-profit Philatelic and Postal History Societies, Philatelic and History Museums, Philatelic and Postal History Archives and Libraries, Related Non–profit Links and Resources" 
  3. Meyer, Zlati (Mar 20, 2011). "You haven't lived here until ... You snail-mail yourself to the Marshall postal museum". Detroit Free Press. p. 20. Retrieved March 20, 2011. 
  4. "Philatelic Center and Postal Museum". Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communication and Works, Cyprus Postal Services. Retrieved 2008-09-25. "The Philatelic Centre and Postal Museum operating in Cyprus since 1981 [..] Museum is situated since 1999 at Laiki Yitonia in the old town of Lefkosia" 
  5. "Česká pošta s.p. : The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-09-25. "The Postal Museum invites you to come to see its exhibitions: The Postal Museum, Nove mlyny 2, 110 00 Praha 1 [..] The Postal Museum – Branch Office, 382 73 Vyssi Brod" 
  6. "Post & Tele Museum - the museum:". Retrieved 2010-10-11. "The Post & Tele Museum is Denmark’s national museum of post and telecommunications. The museum is a foundation set up in 1996 by TDC A/S and Post Danmark A/S and was previously called Dansk Post og Telegrafmuseum (The Danish Post and Telegraph Museum)" 
  7. Nørby, Toke. "The Postal Museum in Århus, Denmark". Retrieved 2008-09-25. "in Kannikegade 16, st. th., DK-8000 Århus C [..] This old post office belongs to "De Post- og Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i Aarhus"" 
  8. "Colne Valley Postal History Museum". "privately owned Postal History Museum in the heart of East Anglia [..] The museum houses the second-largest private collection of Post Boxes in the UK [..] there is no general public access other than by prior arrangement" 
  9. "The Museum Site". Isle of Wight Postal Museum/A&K Reeder. Retrieved 2008-09-25. "probably the largest private collection of post boxes and postal equipment in the United Kingdom [..] The Museum is situated near Newport" 
  10. "Oakham Treasures". 
  11. "Postal Museum". AsiaRooms. TUI Travel PLC. Retrieved 2008-09-25. "The Postal Museum is one the most famous museums that one can find in the city of Riyadh. [..] The museum and its exhibits are maintained by the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephones." 
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