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Post Across the World

bakergoodchild bakergoodchild.com POST ACROSS THE WORLD THE COST OF A STAMP IN EUROPE COSTS SHOWN IN EURO'S NORWAY 1.28 DENMARK 1.21 ANLAND 1.00 SWITZERLAND 0.81 ICELAND 0.81 BELGIUM 0.77 UK0.73 GREECE 0.72 ITALY 0.70 SWEDEN 0.69 FRANCE 0.66 SLOVAKIA 0.65 NETHERLANDS 0.64 EUROPE AUSTRIA 0.62 CROATIA 0.61 LUXEMBURG 0.60 IRELAND 0.60 GERMANY 0.60 LATVIA 0.57 POLAND 0.56 CZECH REPUBLIC 0.50 PORTUGAL 0.50 HUNGARY 0.49 LITHUANIA 0.45 ESTONIA 0.45 BULGARIA 0.44 7TH €0.62 €1.28 €0.26 SPAIN 0.37 ROMANIA 0.36 CYPRUS 0.34 AVERAGE NORWAY MOST MALTA IS THE SLOVENIA 0.29 UK RANKED COST EXPENSIVE CHEAPEST MALTA 0.26 WHERE DID IT ALL START? IT'S HARD TO BE CERTAIN WHERE THE FIRST POSTAL SERVICE BEGAN. MANY BELIEVE IT STARTED WITH THE PERSIANS UNDER KING DARIUS 1 AROUND 521BC. THE GREEK HISTORIAN HERODOTUS PRAISED THE SERVICE AND IT WAS CLAIMED THE MESSENGERS COULD SPEED A LETTER FROM SARDIS TO SUSA - OVER 3000KM – IN AS LITTLE AS SEVEN DAYS. 512BC < KING DARIUS SARDIS 7 DAYS SUSA OVER 3,000KM PRIVATISATION OF THE POST 1991 1994 1994 1998 2013 FINLAND WAS PTT POST WAS THE POSTAL MARKET IN IN NEW ZEALAND, THE UK GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZED IN SOLD A MAJORITY OF SHARES IN THE ROYAL MAIL. THE ONLY COUNTRY SWEDEN WAS FULLY LETTER MONOPOLY TO LIBERALIZE ITS THE NETHERLANDS. LIBERALIZED IN 1994, WAS ABOLISHED IN IT STILL RETAINS A 1998 WITH FULL SUPPORT FROM THE NEW ZEALAND POST OFFICE. POSTAL SERVICE - UP WITH THE TO A POINT. MONOPLOY OF MUCH ENTHUSIASTIC OF THE MAIL DELIVERY IN THE COUNTRY. SUPPORT OF THE SWEDISH POST OFFICE, POSTEN. LETTERS DOWN, PARCELS UP! THE NUMBER OF LETTERS POSTED EACH YEAR IN THE UK HAS BEEN FALLING BUT THE GROWTH OF E-COMMERCE WEBSITES, ESPECIALLY AMAZON AND EBAY, MEANS THE NUMBER OF PARCELS POSTED HAS INCREASED – AND FORECAST TO GROW EVEN BIGGER! 20bn KEY 15hn UK LETTERS UK PARCELS 10bn 5bn 2005 2012 2023 PROJECTION TOP OF THE POST OFFICES? IF YOU ARE EVER TEMPTED TO COMPLAIN THAT YOU CANNOT FIND A POST OFFICE WHEN YOU NEED ONE, THINK AGAIN. FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL COUNTRY THE UK DOES WELL COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD: RUSSIA 41,000 JAPAN 24,000 ITALY 13,000 FRANCE 17,000 INDIA CHINA USA UK UKRAINE 154,000 57,000 38,000 17,000 14,000 Sources: Waterfield Xenophon's retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age. Adamsmith.org royalmailgroup.com Maps of the World bakergoodchild bakergoodchild.com

Post Across the World

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With over 13.8 billions letters posted each year in Britain alone, the postal industry is an important part of our society. This is an industry that spans the whole globe, from India to China; from th...

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