Post Greenland (Tusass) stamp catalogue

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POST Greenland, formerly Kalaallit Allakkeriviat, was a business unit of TELE Greenland A/S, now Tusass. More

POST Greenland, formerly Kalaallit Allakkeriviat, was a business unit of TELE Greenland A/S, now Tusass.

In 1997, TELE Greenland A/S was created through the merger of TELE Greenland and Kalaallit Allakkeriviat (Greenland Postal Service).
After that merger, Kalaallit Allakkeriviat became a business unit and was renamed POST Greenland.
"TELE-POST" was used as a common designation for both parties together.
TELE-POST was renamed Tusass in 2021. Tusass is Greenlandic slang for "talk to you later".

Photo: Santa's mailbox (TELE-POST version).

_Every winter, thousands of letters addressed to Santa Claus are sent to a single mailbox in Nuuk, Greenland, where they are opened and read by a handful of volunteers from the small town of 17,000 inhabitants. Where possible, volunteers use Google Translate to provide the children with a handwritten response (whether naughty or nice) in their native language.

In addition to letters, Santa's mailbox also receives a handy number of pacifiers by post. (Apparently many parents rid their children of their pacifiers by having them sent to St. Nick.)

The huge postbox is located outside the Nuuk tourist office and is one of the main attractions in the city. It is emptied every year on December 24, ready to receive a new batch of correspondence next winter._

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