Costa Rica
Post Office Goes Online
The Correos de Costa Rica is now offering an
online store for stamp collectors.
Currently Correos offers only 15 products
from 2008 and 2009, featuring stamps with
themes such as child literature, Hogares
Crea, dolphins, whales and churches of Costa
Rica.
Online sales of stamp for collectors is
noting new, as many post offices around the
world have joined the online community to
offer their products,
Juan Carlos Saborío, commerical manager for
Correos de Costa Rica, said that expects a
positive response from stamp collectors.
Purchases on the website can be made by
using a Visa or Mastercard and deliveries
are made by the Correos' EMS courier
delivery service.
EMS courier deliveries are certified,
guaranteeing delivery said Saborío. The EMS
courier service is also used by the Costa
Rican post office to deliver certified
judicial notices, packages and special
delivery items.
Saborío said the website will be update
every time there is a new postage stamp
issue.
In addition to selling stamps, the Correos
website also provides information on "codigo
postales" (postal codes), explaining the
recently introduced system of postal codes
and a listing of all postal codes, following
up on lost mail and employment
opportunities.
Now, if only Correos would focus on getting
the mailed delivered to households.
The Correos website site can be reached at:
http://www.correos.go.cr
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