1st July 2006
Jersey Post International is founded
Jersey Post has been through many incarnations over the years. It was established in 1969 when the Crown dependencies were authorised to set up their own postal services, separate from the British mainland. Yet, despite this independence, Jersey (and its neighbouring Channel Islands) use postcodes taken from the mainland postcode network.
However, it was not until 2006 that Jersey Post International Limited came into being when the States of Jersey registered the company on 1 July. By transferring mail services to a limited company rather than running them through a state-run operation, they could be opened to competition.
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Other events that occured in July
Jersey’s Theatre Royal burns down
- Jersey lost its theatre on the morning of 31 July 1863. It was discovered ablaze at 4am and, by 9am, nothing was left of the £5000 building.
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Jersey dispatches a tenth of its police force to Les Ecrehous
- Jersey Police dispatched 24 officers to Les Ecrehous to protect islanders’ huts and repel a possible French invasion.
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The British government offers St Catherine’s Breakwater to Jersey
- The States of Jersey officially accepted a ‘gift’ of St Catherine’s Breakwater from the British government in 1875.
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Body in a trunk inquiry moves to Jersey
- The body of a woman in her mid-20s was found in a trunk at Brighton Railway Station, leading to an inquiry that reached Jersey.
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