National Postal Policy
GLOSSARY
“Courier Service”
“Letter”
“Philatelic item”
“Post”
“Post Office”
“Postal Operator:
“Postal Services”
“Universal Postal Service”
“Subordinate post office”
means specialized services for the speedy
collection, conveyance and delivery of postal
articles other than letters;
means any form of written communication in
the nature of current and personal
correspondence and includes postcards;
means postage stamps produced by the
public postal operator and sold either in
mint form or fixed to special envelopes to
stamp collectors.
means a system for the collection, dispatch,
conveying and delivery of postal articles by
or through public postal licensee.
means any building, house, room, vehicles
or place where postal articles are received,
processed, delivered or dispatched by a
public postal operator.
means an operator licensed to provide postal
services.
means any service by a licensed postal
operator.
means the basic postal service which includes
the acceptance, conveyance and delivery of
letters up to 500 grammes, parcels and
packets of up to 10 kg, and financial services
delivered at tariffs approved by the
Regulator.
a post office operated on agency basis to
provide a limited range of services.
Ministry of Communications and Transport
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