Stamp Day 1973
Throwing a stamped letter into a mailbox is such a simple and natural gesture that we give it little or no importance. However, this gesture symbolizes, in itself, the main, if not one of the first vocations of the post office which is to transmit the written word to all countries in the world and to send written messages, at any time and in any place, regularly and quickly.
Collecting, sorting, routing and distributing letters are all functions that constitute the core purpose of the post office. This is how it plays an essential role of contact and distribution and contributes to the harmonization and coherence of a nation’s activities. It is also through this that it gives an extraordinary dimension to the need to communicate.
Today we cannot imagine an economic, cultural or administrative activity that could do without the essential support of letters. But this dynamic role of the written message will be better perceived when we know that in our country alone, 100 million letters are posted, transported and distributed each year and that throughout the world, 180 billion ordinary and registered letters are collected, sent and distributed to the most remote corners of the Earth.
As for the postage stamp itself, in addition to its postage function, it is the subject of the most refined artistic research and contributes to the education of young people, while giving rise to a most flourishing industrial and commercial activity.
Millions of philatelists buy, collect and exchange postal figurines issued by more than 140 countries each year. The gesture of a child in his mother's arms throwing a stamped letter into a mailbox finally reflects the immense desire to communicate and raise the cultural level of the entire population of Algeria.
Collecting, sorting, routing and distributing letters are all functions that constitute the core purpose of the post office. This is how it plays an essential role of contact and distribution and contributes to the harmonization and coherence of a nation’s activities. It is also through this that it gives an extraordinary dimension to the need to communicate.
Today we cannot imagine an economic, cultural or administrative activity that could do without the essential support of letters. But this dynamic role of the written message will be better perceived when we know that in our country alone, 100 million letters are posted, transported and distributed each year and that throughout the world, 180 billion ordinary and registered letters are collected, sent and distributed to the most remote corners of the Earth.
As for the postage stamp itself, in addition to its postage function, it is the subject of the most refined artistic research and contributes to the education of young people, while giving rise to a most flourishing industrial and commercial activity.
Millions of philatelists buy, collect and exchange postal figurines issued by more than 140 countries each year. The gesture of a child in his mother's arms throwing a stamped letter into a mailbox finally reflects the immense desire to communicate and raise the cultural level of the entire population of Algeria.