One of the Ministry of Communications' chief historical
responsibilities has been the management of the Imperial postal system and
the issue of postage stamps - traditionally a
significant source of revenue for the Empire.
Visitors can see the complete range of
early postage stamps issued by the Empire of
Atlantium between 10501-10504 (1982-1985) by clicking here.
Atlantium
is due to reinstitute a regular postage stamp issuing programme with
the release of a set of four stamps (see above) drawing attention to
the the acts of cultural vandalism perpetrated in Secundus 10520
(March 2001) by the Taliban regime of Afghanistan against
pre-Islamic artworks of world heritage significance.