Talas Central Post Office

The Talas Central Post Office is the main post office of Talas, in a neoclassical building completed in 1954 about 1 km west of the city's central square. It houses the sorting center for international mail.^[1] Because Irad is not a member of the Universal Postal Union, international letters and parcels are exchanged through the Kazakh postal service under a bilateral arrangement, and most foreign online shops do not deliver to Irad; the marketplace Jılmay runs a parcel service through Bishkek instead. ISEZ postage stamps, such as the 2018 issue showing the Governor with the stallion Zharkyn, are valid only for domestic mail.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Faculty of Geography (2018). Physical Geography of Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press, pp. 240–242.
2. ^ Central Asian Geopolitical Review (2020). "Horses, Portraits and Power: Political Iconography in the ISEZ." Vol. 26, pp. 14–37.