UzPost is the company responsible for postal service in Uzbekistan and was established in 1991, after the collapse of the USSR. Since 2014, the company is an open joint stock company.
Universal Postal Union
UzPost joined the Universal Postal Union as the "Post of Uzbekistan" on 24 February 1994. == Branches ==
The first stamps of Uzbekistan were issued on 7 May 1992. Before then, Uzbekistan used stamps of the Soviet Union. In 1993 and 1995, the Uzbekistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Uzbek stamps ran low. ==References==