History of mail and postage stamps of Chile. Chili Post Tracking Other Types of Postage Stamps

Postal Development

The history of postal services in Chile dates back to the colonial times of the 18th century, when the territory of Chile belonged to the Spanish monarchy. In 1748, regular monthly mail service between Santiago and Buenos Aires begins. In 1766, their own postmarks were introduced for the first time for Santiago and other cities of the Captaincy General of Chile. Thus, mail from the port city of Valparaiso was marked with a stamp with the inscription BALPARAISO. The postal service in Chile was administered from Spain until 1818, when Chile officially became an independent state.

In 1840, the Chilean postal service “Correos de Chile” established regular postal services throughout the country. Soon, not only letters, but also postal packages and parcels will be accepted for delivery.

Postage stamp issues

The first two Chilean postage stamps (1853)

10 years after the first Latin American state, Brazil, issued postage stamps, Chile followed suit. On July 1, 1853, the first two Chilean postage stamps went on sale at the country's post offices. The first Chilean stamps, in denominations of 5 and 10 centavos, featured a portrait of Christopher Columbus, were printed in Great Britain, and were not pronged. They were initially put into circulation at post offices in Santiago and Valparaiso. According to the law, from 1853 to 1910, only the image of Columbus was allowed on all Chilean stamps.

Other types of postage stamps

The only exception to the mandatory use of Columbus's portrait on early Chilean stamps was service stamps(since 1880), as well as telegraph stamps with low denomination overprints (since 1904).

In 1927, the first Chilean airmail stamps were issued, also used on the Santiago-Valparaiso line. In April 1957, the first packet mail stamps were issued.

Currently, Chile produces almost only stamps for postal machines. Sometimes stamps with various motifs, ordered by the state by private firms or individuals, also appear in very limited editions. As a rule, they have very high demand and cost.

Occupation stamps

During the Chilean-Peruvian "saltpeter" war of 1879-1881, Chile used Peruvian postage stamps with its own overprints, as well as its own overprinted stamps, in the occupied territories. Currently, such stamps are especially valued by collectors.

Foreign post offices

Since transcontinental mail from Chile was handled by British postal agencies from 1865 to 1881, of particular interest to collectors of Chilean stamps are British stamps of the time, marked with special stamps and overprints in the ports of Valparaiso, Caldera and Coquimbo. During the same period, the French consulate in Chile also used its own stamps with the stamp Valparaiso.

Fantastic Issues

The fantastic stamps of the “Republic of Coroco” (Spanish) are known. Coroco), allegedly existed for a short time somewhere in the Andes and became part of Chile. 5 centavo stamps with inscription "Coroco" appeared in 1913. Who and where carried out this speculative fantasy release is unknown.

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Notes

Literature

• Chile // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas, P. F. Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K. Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under general ed. N. I. Vladinets and V. A. Jacobs. - M.: Radio and Communications, 1988. - 320 p. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2

• Chile // Philatelic geography (foreign countries): Directory / L. L. Lepeshinsky. - M.: Communication, 1967. - S.?. - 480 s.

• Vargas, V. s/f. Catálogo Vargas de sellos de Chile. 15 ed. ( Vargas catalog of postage stamps of Chile)
• SOFICH / Catalogo Especializado Chile 2006.

Links

Chilean Post on the website website. When added to a personal list, parcel movement is updated automatically.

Chile Post is the national postal operator of Chile, providing postal services both within the country and abroad. In addition to standard delivery, we also provide courier delivery. As a member of the EMS cooperative, Chile Post is the designated operator for the delivery of EMS items.

International postal regulations strictly prohibit the sending of drugs, psychotropic or explosive, flammable or other types of dangerous substances and objects by post. The Chilean Post website contains complete shipping rules, including restrictions on dimensions, weight and contents of mail.

What are the Chilean Post tracking numbers?

Chile Post always assigns a tracking number to EMS shipments and parcels. Small packages may be unregistered and may not be tracked.

A unified track number format for registered international mail has been approved. The Chilean Post track number has the same appearance and consists of 13 characters:

• For small packages weighing up to 2 kg – Rx123456785CL;
• For parcels weighing from 2 to 20 kg – Cx123456785CL;
• For EMS shipments – Ex123456785CL.

The first letter R indicates that the small package is registered, for the parcel there will be the letter C, EMC mail begins with the Latin E. The numbers guarantee the uniqueness of the number. But the last letters determine the country of the postal service from where the parcel was sent.

Chile Post tracking

The longest pause in tracking packages from Chile occurs between import and export. In order not to worry about your shipment and have an idea of ​​where the parcel is currently located, you can track Chilean Post shipments on the website with a Russian translation of all tracking statuses.

The sender can receive a tracking number for tracking the Chilean Post mail upon registration at the post office. Or register the parcel remotely. But we must remember that electronic registration does not guarantee that the sender will send the parcel. In the first case, the physical transfer of the item occurs immediately, so information about the number of the postal item is entered into the tracking system very quickly and the recipient can immediately see the status of acceptance of the IPO for shipment.

To track your parcel you need to take a few simple steps.
1. Go to the main page
2. Enter the track code in the field with the heading "Track postal item"
3. Click on the "Track parcel" button located to the right of the field.
4. After a few seconds, the tracking result will be displayed.
5. Study the result, and especially carefully the latest status.
6. Forecasted delivery period is displayed in the track code information.

Try it, it's not difficult ;)

If you do not understand the movements between postal companies, click on the link with the text “Group by company”, which is located under the tracking statuses.

If you have any difficulties with the statuses in English, click on the link with the text “Translate into Russian”, which is located under the tracking statuses.

Carefully read the "Track Code Information" block, there you will find estimated delivery times and other useful information.

If, when tracking, a block is displayed in a red frame with the heading “Pay Attention!”, carefully read everything that is written in it.

In these information blocks you will find 90% of the answers to all your questions.

If in the block "Pay Attention!" it is written that the track code is not tracked in the destination country, in this case, tracking the parcel becomes impossible after the parcel is sent to the destination country / after arriving at the Moscow Distribution Center / Item Arrived at Pulkovo / Arrived in Pulkovo / Left Luxembourg / Left Helsinki / Sending to the Russian Federation or after a long pause of 1 - 2 weeks, it is impossible to track the location of the parcel. No, and nowhere. Not at all =)
In this case, you need to wait for a notification from your post office.

To calculate delivery times in Russia (for example, after export, from Moscow to your city), use the "Delivery Time Calculator"

If the seller promised that the parcel would arrive in two weeks, but the parcel takes more than two weeks, this is normal, the sellers are interested in sales, and that’s why they are misleading.

If less than 7 - 14 days have passed since the receipt of the track code, and the parcel is not tracked, or the seller claims that he sent the parcel, and the status of the parcel “the item pre-advised” / “Email notification received” does not change for several days, this is normal, You can read more by following the link: .

If the status of the mail item does not change for 7 - 20 days, do not worry, this is normal for international mail items.

If your previous orders arrived in 2-3 weeks, and the new parcel takes more than a month, this is normal, because... Parcels go on different routes, in different ways, they can wait for 1 day to be sent by plane, or maybe even a week.

If the parcel has left the sorting center, customs, intermediate point and there are no new statuses within 7 - 20 days, do not worry, the parcel is not a courier who is delivering the parcel from one city to your home. In order for a new status to appear, the parcel must arrive, unload, scan, etc. at the next sorting point or post office, and this takes much more time than just getting from one city to another.

If you do not understand the meaning of such statuses as Reception / Export / Import / Arrived at the place of delivery, etc., you can look at the breakdown of the main statuses of international mail:

If the parcel is not delivered to your post office 5 days before the end of the protection period, you have the right to open a dispute.

If, based on the above, you do not understand anything, read these instructions again, and again, until you are completely clear;)