The very first postal service in Mauritius dates back to 1772, when the island was under French rule. At that time slaves were used to deliver letters to their respective recipients. There were no physical building to serve that purpose but just the service of delivering letters to other recipients. However, it fell into disuse …
Among all the towns in Mauritius, Vacoas was the last to bear the township title. Strange indeed, Vacoas is known to be the least developed town and is somewhat also very slow in moving forward. Those who reside in this region can confirm that progress is very slow. But on the other side what appraises …
A part of the history of Post Offices in Mauritius will certainly mention how these Post Offices during the time when the railways were still in operation in the country were attached to their respective train stations as mails were transported quicker and easier from places to places. It was obvious that in the beginning …
Mauritius’ first post office was opened on December 21, 1772 when the island was under French rule. Mail was delivered internally and by ship to and from France and India. Great Britain took over the island on December 3, 1810, and continued the overseas mail service. The internal service apparently dwindled and terminated but was …
Among all the current towns, Vacoas was the last one to bear the township identity. Having the reputation of being the slowest town in terms of development, Vacoas is still a very nice place for its climate. Bonne Terre being one of the regions within the town bears its name because of the very fertile …
The Central Post Office, even though the image dates the 60s, the Central Post Office dates well before the 1900s and is a structure still standing today. Of course, the environment is no longer the same as were these parking space we can see in the foreground now has been replaced by the motorway.