Under Water Postcards

Under Water Postcards

Vanuatu Post has created an official Post Office with a difference. It is the world’s only Underwater Post Office..

Situated within the Hideaway Island marine sanctuary, the Post Office sits in around three metres of water and both divers and snorke
Sales price $3.00

Description

Vanuatu Post’s Underwater Post Office, found just off Hideaway Island near Port Vila, has quickly become one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world!

Visitors from around the world have literally donned their mask and snorkels, postcards in hand to experience the world’s first underwater post office.

UWP Card 1 Hidewawy Island

And they have not been disappointed. The Post Office is only 50 metres offshore and at just three metres below the surface, is very accessible to the young and young at heart. Thousands of visitors have posted one of the special waterproof postcards available in Vanuatu; these cards are collected regularly by one of Vanuatu Post’s four trained scuba divers and “cancelled” underwater with an embossing cachet. Mail that requires a normal Underwater Post Office date stamp is cancelled in the Main Post Office. alt

UWP Card 3 Woman Snorkel beside UWPOSince opening in 2003, the underwater post office has received an estimated 100,000 visitors. The underwater branch is manned daily for usually about an hour, longer on cruise ship days or with demand.

Vanuatu Post has released four stamp issues commemorating the world’s first underwater post office.

  UWP Card BackVanuatu Post encourages visitors to literally look below the surface of this beautiful country and grab a mask, fins and snorkel, and visit the Underwater Post Office. They guarantee you will discover unlimited fun and unforgettable adventures!