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Portugal
Time
Traveler
The first Portuguese postal system was
inaugurated in 1520 by King Manuel I. This opening of Portugal's first mail
system was followed by numerous mail agreements with neighboring European states
such as its immediate neighbor Spain, as well as France to the north. Portugal
operated a regular mail service from its national capital Lisbon to the first
non-European country, Brazil. It was in the 20th century that the introduction
of the Portuguese postal code occurred as well as the public listing of CTT
(Posts and Telecommunications of Portugal).
Technology
Portugal is one of the many
European countries that features Telepost. It is an unique way of sending mail
via an online system where one does not need to fumble with stamps or envelopes.
Letters can be written online and sent to the central Telepost office, where it
is fast-printed, enveloped, and shuttled to its destination. It is intended that
the Portuguese Telepost system is going to link up with more countries' Telepost
systems so that mail can be sent via Telepost to even more countries around the
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