About Irad Pochtasy

Irad Pochtasy is the state postal enterprise of the Irad Special Economic Zone, under the Department of Infrastructure and Communications. Its 2,600 staff work in some 190 post offices, sorting centres in Talas and Nurzhan and the international exchange at Chu Gate.

The emblem, a white horse at full gallop on a teal disc above two yellow speed lines, is the mounted relay courier of the old post roads. The horse alone is the postmark.

History

• 1954The Central Post Office opens in Talas, a neoclassical building west of the central square.
• 1993The Territorial Postal Service takes over the post offices of the Iradi SSR. Mail to the United States is exchanged through Talas Air Base.
• 2004First pictorial stamp: the Church of St. Janyl, for its inscription on the World Heritage List.
• 2007The air-base mail exchange ends. Stamps printed for the Democratic Republic are withdrawn before sale.
• 2008On Irad Day the service becomes Irad Pochtasy, the State Postal Enterprise, with the galloping courier as its emblem. International mail now goes through the Kazakh postal service.
• 2026Tracking on e-Irad, the public services portal, and the opening of this website.