PRESS RELEASE
HayPost C.J.S.C.
Zara Tonapetyan – PR Coordinator
Address: 22 Saryan, 6th floor, Yerevan 0002
Republic of Armenia
Tel/Fax: +(37410)514-765
Email: zara.tonapetyan@haypost.am
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HAYPOST SPONSORS ARMENIAN NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBIT

Yerevan, Armenia ` September 24, 2007. HayPost will play a major role
as one of the primary sponsors for the national philatelic exhibit
scheduled from October 9 to 13, 2007 at the Citadel Business Center
(Teryan str. 105/1) by the Armenian Philatelists Union.

This philatelic exhibit will be devoted to the 15th anniversary of
first ever stamp issued by the independent Republic of Armenia. The
date of the inauguration (Oct.9) will also celebrate the World Post
Day as celebrated by all Universal Postal Union member states.

HayPost will be organizing a special event each day during the exhibit
in order to celebrate a cultural or educational landmark devoted to
Armenians. During the day of the inauguration, HayPost is planning to
issue the first Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Memorial) miniature
sheet devoted to the World Post Day.

October 10, 2007 will be devoted to Armenian Youth. HayPost will
announce the results of the National Letter-Writing Competition
organized jointly by the UPU and UNESCO under the theme of `Write a
letter to someone to tell them why the world needs tolerance’, the
winner of which will be sent to Berne, Switzerland in 2008 to compete
in the international competition. On this same Youth Day, HayPost
foresees to put into circulation the Sparrow stamp, the author of
which is 8-year-old Eva Karapetyan.

HayPost will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Scout
Movement on October 11, 2007 during which it will issue a special
postmark in honor of the Scout Movement and the EUROPA 2007 stamp
which won the best stamp award during the PostEurop Europa 2007 stamp
competition on September 12, 2007.

October 12, 2007 will be devoted to the 50th anniversary of
Matenadaran the stamp of which is planned to be put into postal
circulation. A stamp devoted to Bagrat Nalbandyan, plenipotentiary of
the People’s Commissar of the USSR Communication, is planned to put
into postal circulation on October 13.

For additional information related to HayPost and the National
Philatelic Exhibition, please contact Zara Tonapetyan, HayPost
Communications Coordinator, at (374 10) 514-765, or electronically at
zara.tonapetyan@haypost.am, or visit our web site at

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`HayPost’ CJSC is the national postal operator of the Republic of
Armenia operating through its 900 post offices throughout
Armenia. Today HayPost is undergoing a number of organizational and
operational changes with the purpose to ensure sustainable efficient
services and serve its customers more proficiently. In compliance
with the agreement signed on November 30, 2006 with the Government of
Armenia, the Dutch HayPost Trust Management B.V. is currently
responsible for the operational management of the Armenian national
postal operator with the objective to strengthen HayPost as a viable
and credible postal and financial service entity, meeting all
international postal and bank standards.