The Postal Service of Aruba began operating on August 1st 1892, at this time Aruba was part of the “Colony Curaçao” Postal Service with its central directorate positioned in Willemstad, Curacao. On January 1st 1986 the postal service of Aruba entered the Status Aparte within the kingdom of the Netherlands and became an independent postal service, and together with the Netherlands Antilles remained
a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). From the onset of the Status Aparte, Aruba lobbied to become a member of Union Postal de las Americas, Spain and Portugal (UPAEP) together with the Netherlands Antilles and this was finally achieved on June 21, 1993. was privatized. Through privatization our main goal was to become an integrated company, not only delivering letters and parcels, but offering a broad variety of new products while playing a key role in all communication needs on the island. As well, the initiative was launched to increase the efficiency of all operational processes, and to provide new services, while maintaining high international standards.
