Stamps to feature UAE and Kazakh presidents

Dubai: Emirates Post Group (EPG) and Kazpost, Kazakhstan’s national postal corporation, have signed a deal to issue joint stamps featuring President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as part of increased postal cooperation between UAE and Kazakhstan.

The postage stamps will be issued along with ‘first day covers’ and special postmarks. The stamps, designed by the philatelic departments of EPG and Kazpost, are being released ahead of Expo 2017, which will be held in Kazakhstan from June to September 2017, with participation of more than 100 countries.

Meanwhile, a Kazpost delegation visited EPG’s Mail Sorting Centre in Al Ramool and viewed the advanced and high-speed sorting machines. During their tour to the Central Post Office in Karama, the delegation was impressed by the standards of customer service. Delegates also visited Electronic Documents Centre, the mail fulfilment and card printing division of EPG, and were impressed by the high standards and high-security procedures followed at the centre.

As part of the agreement, there will be more exchanges of postal expertise and cultural understanding between the two sides. It will also help boost postal services between the UAE and Kazakhstan.