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1918, when fifteen new post offices were added. Starting in the late 1960s and continuing up to the present, a number of post offices have been closed. Postal service for the inhabitants of these settlements is now conducted by service agents. This change is part of the efficiency policy which the Faroese post office has been pursuing for the last few years.
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in November 1974, the government decided that the postal service in the Faroes should be taken over by the Faroese Home Rule. In 1975, the Danish government and the Faroese government began negotiations on the takeover issue. The results of these negotiations led to the Faroese government taking over
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with the letter, after which it was carried by boat from Dalur to Hvalba on Suðuroy. Here the letter was handed over to the priest. Owing to strong currents and bad weather the Skjúts crew were unable to row back to Dalur that evening. The weather worsened during the night and the men had to stay on
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In the 19th century, there were only these three post offices. After the turn of the century, the pace picked up. In 1903, seven post offices were opened. During the following twenty-five years, post offices were opened in essentially all of the settlements on the Faroes. Most of them were opened in
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The charges for Skjúts varied, with Official being the cheapest and Private the most expensive. There was no charge for Skjúts prior to 1865. All healthy males of between 15 and 50 years of age were obligated to participate in Skjúts, i.e. they could not refuse without incurring a fine. It was never
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Work was being done on restructuring the Faroese postal system, with the intent being for Postverk Føroya, which was a public institution, to be reorganised into a type of joint-stock enterprise. The postal system, however, continued to be a public company.
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Before regular boat service was established between the islands, a special transport system was required to enable people from the different islands to exchange messages. This system was called
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with the letter and hand it over to the village's Skjúts agent, after which he returned to the boat, which was still waiting for him. The Skjúts agent in Sandur then got a man to walk to
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The Skjúts system existed until around World War I, but was not used as much by then, as the Post Office's rates were relatively low and so represented a reasonable alternative.
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The number of employees working at Posta is 120. There are 17 post offices and parcel shops servicing the 18,000 households and 54,000 inhabitants in the Faroe Islands.
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Having used Danish stamps since 1870, the Faroes finally began their own issues on 30 January 1975 when the Danish postal system began issues with the caption
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The Skjúts system was introduced in around the mid-1860s, with the first Skjúts Act coming into force in 1865. Skjúts charges were laid down by the
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Peter S. Johannesen, who was one of the first post carriers, tells of a letter delivery from the days of Skjúts. The letter, which had to go from
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The letter was first given to the Skjúts agent in Tórshavn, who immediately got hold of a man liable for Skjúts. The man walked from Tórshavn to
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on 1 May 1888. Both on Tvøroyri and in Tórshavn, the management of the post was conducted by the local sýslumaður.
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and was founded on 1 April 1976 under the Home Rule of the Faroe Islands. On 16 December 2005, it became a public
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As a natural consequence of the takeover, two new departments were established within the Faroese postal system:
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an easy task to transport mail from one island to another, often across perilous waters with powerful currents.
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the postal service in the Faroes as of 1 April 1976. This new institution received the name
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Together with Tórshavn, these five post offices are still the main post offices.
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lies today. One of the men in the boat then had to walk to the village of
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Until 1 April 1976, the Faroese postal system was under the direction of
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under the name P/F Postverk Føroya (retroactive from 1 January 2005).
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Members of the Small European Postal Administration Cooperation
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was opened. The third post office on the Faroes was opened in
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Many synonyms are officially allowed for the Faroese post:
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List of people on the postage stamps of the Faroe Islands
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands
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In 1906, Tórshavn Post Office got its own building.
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