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The Isle of Man's postal service was originally operated by the United Kingdom's General Post Office (GPO), with a daily postal connection with the UK since 1879. In 1966 the UK Government commenced planning to convert the General Post Office into a public corporation, and as part of this process offered each of the Crown Dependencies the opportunity to assume control of the operations of the ...
An Isle of Man Post Office employee with a sheet of stamps issued in 2015 to mark the 175th anniversary of the issue of the Penny Black. It is known that there was an official packet boat service between Whitehaven and Douglas after 1765 when the island was reclaimed by the British Crown, having been in private hands previously.
Postcodes were introduced in the Isle of Man in 1993, with the island becoming the IM postcode area. Each town or area is associated with one or more postcode districts, assigned by Isle of Man Post Office. Outside the larger towns, the postcode districts are further broken down and each postal sector is assigned to a number of villages and ...
Maxine Cannon, stamps and coins manager at Isle of Man Post Office, said the new collection "highlights the creativity and talent that make the Isle of Man's cultural scene so distinctive".
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Isle of Man Office of Fair Trading, since 1998 Board of Consumer Affairs (1981–1998) Consumer Council (1972–1981) Financial Supervision Commission, since 1982; Insurance and Pensions Authority, since 1996 Insurance Authority, 1986–96; Isle of Man Post Office (1993) Isle of Man Post Office Authority (1972–93)
According to the CIA World Factbook, in 1999 there were 51,000 fixed telephone lines in use in the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is included within the UK telephone numbering system, and is accessed externally via UK area codes, rather than by its own country calling code. The area codes currently in use are: +44 1624 (landlines) and +44 7425 ...