Gibraltar Post tracking packages and shipments
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- Find out the tracking number of your parcel;
- Enter the tracking number of your parcel in the field at the top of the page;
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- If you enter your email address, we can notify you automatically of changes to the status of your parcel.
Gibraltar Post - Tracking number format
- A# *** *** *** GI
- C# *** *** *** GI
- E# *** *** *** GI
- L# *** *** *** GI
- R# *** *** *** GI
- S# *** *** *** GI
- V# *** *** *** GI
# - letter; * - digit; ! - letter or digit
Gibraltar Post - information about carrier
The Royal Gibraltar Post Workplace is the postal services in the British overseas area of Gibraltar. It is currently a department within the Federal government of Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar Post Office has been running for over 150 years, as in 1857 the Overland Post Office (based in the colonial authorities' premises at Secretary's Lane) merged with the Packet Agency (which had office's in Turnbull's Lane). The very first stamps went on sale in September and a year later on a new building was finished and opened at 104 Main Street. This stays the main post workplace in Gibraltar today.
In 1886 the local colonial authorities took control of control of the Gibraltar Post Office and were able to issue their own stamps. At first, they overprinted Bermuda stamps however by December they had their own design. However, they still sold Spanish stamps if required and in between 1889 and 1898 the post workplace sold Gibraltar stamps valued in pesetas as this was the currency in circulation.
For the very first fifty years, the Gibraltar Post Office had obligation for the post workplace not only in Gibraltar however also for the British postal service in Morocco. This ended in 1907.
In 2005 the Gibraltar Post Office was given the title of "Royal" by Her Majesty the Queen. Gibraltar is the only Commonwealth or British Overseas Territory post workplace outside the United Kingdom that bears this title. Gibraltar has conventional red pillar boxes and the tops are also often painted black.
The Post Office continues to offer some traditional services and was still using benefit books after they were abandoned in the United Kingdom, while there is likewise a special philatelic counter to offer the celebratory stamps.
Regardless of the small size of the territory, hold-ups in the sorting and shipment of regional items of mail have actually resulted in letters taking up to a week to be provided.
The Royal Gibraltar Post Office provides the following services:
- Poste restante
- British postal orders
- Letter post
- Airmail
- Parcel post
- Post workplace boxes
- Registration services
- Express mail services
Banking centers are offered through the Gibraltar Savings Bank, which belongs to the Gibraltar Government services. The Royal Gibraltar Post Office has a number of workplaces around Gibraltar:
- Main Office - A Victorian structure which sits in Main Street
- P.O. Boxes Unit - Irish Town
- Mail Operations Centre and Parcel Post - Unit E, Admiral Rooke Road
The North District Post Office in Glacis Road and the South District Post Office in Scud Hill were closed in late 2014 for refurbishment, but in February 2016 had still not resumed. In September of that year, the Government stated that there were no plans to resume either Post Office; Minister Joe Bossano described there had actually been a proposition to house Savings Bank outlets in the premises but that when the cash generated was considered, it was discovered not to be financially practical.
Gibraltar Post - Parcel tracking statuses
Item returned from export Customs/Security |
Item returned from Customs (import) |
Departure from inward office of exchange |
Item presented to export Customs/Security |
Departure from outward office of exchange |
Item presented to import Customs |
Arrival at inward office of exchange |
Arrival at outward office of exchange |
Posting/Collection |