Postage stamps and postal history of the Faroe Islands

All healthy males of between 15 and 50 years of age were liable for Skjúts duty: i.e., they could not refuse without incurring a fine.

[citation needed] The Skjúts system existed until around World War I, but was not used as much by then, as the Post Office's rates were relatively low and so represented a reasonable alternative.

[citation needed] After the First World War, the Faroese Post Office was forced to use so-called provisional stamps.

[citation needed] Due to unreliable shipping connections, the supply of new 7-øre postage stamps failed to reach the Post Office in Tórshavn before 1 January 1919.

[1] In 1974–75, the Danish postal system began issuing Faroese postage stamps with the caption FØROYAR.

[citation needed] After the election for the Løgting in November 1974, the government decided that the postal service in the Faroes should be taken over by the Faroese Home Rule.

The results of these negotiations led to the Faroese government taking over the postal service in the Faroes as of 1 April 1976.

[3] This replaced the Danish postal code system, introduced in 1967,[4] using the range 3800 to 3899, prefixed with the letters "DK",[5] later changed to "FR".

Work was being done on restructuring the Faroese postal system, with the intent being for Postverk Føroya, which was a public institution, to be reorganised into a type of joint-stock enterprise.

[citation needed] The Faroe Islands postal service was restructured as a limited liability company on 1 January 2005.

The new Posta logo is composed by two staggered arrows that are pointing in opposite directions, a symbol of "Receive" and "Send".