The philatelic department at Aruba was founded on January 1, 1986. Since then a wide, beautiful, coloured and assorted collection of stamps were issued. These stamps show a touch of what the island is and offers.
Before 1986, Aruba was part of the Netherlands Antilles Postal Service and the head office was located at Willemstad, Curaçao. The Postal Service of Aruba entered Aruba’s Status Aparte on January 1, 1986 as an independent postal service. To face the Status Aparte as an autonomous service, Aruba had to introduce its own stamps.
The first two series that were emitted on the 1st of January 1986 were a definite issue consisting of four stamps with denominations of 5c, 30c, 60c and 150c designed by Mr. Evelino Fingal and a Status Aparte issue consisting of four stamps with denominations of 25c, 45c, 55c and 100c, designed by Mr. Nigel Matthew.
By collecting the Aruban stamps you can enjoy...
• The aesthetic pleasure that includes culture and amusement
• The satisfaction experienced by collecting
• The challenge to initiate a collection
• The conviction that the final value of the collection will be at least equivalent to the investment, and in the most of the cases, even bigger
• The ties between the philatelic issues and the centres of interest of the individual (nature, culture, architecture, history, important figures, etc.)
Post Aruba has also a product named Personalized Stamps which consist of a souvenir sheet with a design of Aruba’s map and distinctive objects of the island such as its history, culture and nature. Each souvenir sheet contains 6 decorated stamps with a blank space to place the pictures that each person wants.
These Personalized Stamps are a nice and unique option to send postcards and letters, or to keep as a souvenir, and are available only at our postal office located at Palm Beach Plaza Mall.
Stamps provide a great return on your investment over time!
If you have missed out on some of the Arubian stamps from the past 20 years, now is your chance to add them to your collection!
It is with great pleasure that we announce that after July 2007, and for only 6 months, we will have all the stamps from the years 1986 until 2005. But act quickly - the stamps will be off the market when this time period is over. In the future, stamps will only be available for one year, ensuring that they gain in value.
If you have any doubts about which stamps you have or missed, just check in the Philatelic Gallery on the website. You will find all the stamps here, as well as some extra additional information.
You can order via the website, or by using our e-mail address: philatelic@postaruba.com. The only requirement is that your account is up to date with enough credit to place the order.
We hope to hear from you soon!