On 31 January 2002, MaltaPost was partially privatized when the government sold 35% to Transcend Worldwide Ltd, a subsidiary company of New Zealand Post Ltd.
[2] In 2011 MaltaPost carried out a series of reforms, including adopting a new logo.
MaltaPost takes part in various stamp issuing programmes including EUROPA and SEPAC.
Since 2022 there have been a lot of sets with high values when standard local postage is €0.37.
Each code consist of three letters, that differ by locality, and four numbers, for example MTP 1001 (the postcode of MaltaPost's main complex in Marsa).