About us

Since its creation, POST Philately (previously called the Office des Timbres) has offered a complete and professional service, and has consistently sought to modernise its processes.

• POST Philately was founded in the mid-1920s. However, the first issues of uxembourg stamps date back to 1852.
• At this time, creation and production of our first stamps ensured by the " Direction Générale des Finances, the Ministry of Finance " of the time.
• POST Philately took over stamp production as soon as it was founded. The main stock was managed by the Registration Duties until 1992.
• In the 1930s, a mail order service, one of the first of its kind, was set up. This service allowed foreign philatelists to buy Luxembourg stamps.
• During World War II, philatelic notices, containing detailed descriptions of the new stamps were published.
• After the war, a standing order service was launched and was very popular with philatelists.
• In the early 1970s computers took over from addressograph files, which had become obsolete.
• In 1980, POST PHilately opened the POSTMusée – the Post's museum - at the Rue de Reims. It housed a complete collection of Luxembourg stamps. In 1995, the museum moved to a better location at the Place de la Gare. At the moment, the PostMusée is closed due to construction works of the new POST headquarters.
• In the summer of 1983 a special philatelic counter was opened at the Luxembourg-City post office. This counter still exists today. Special services for collectors are available here. When the first Luxembourg telephone cards were issued in November 1990, a boom in "Telekaart" collectors was triggered. POST Philately took charge of producing the new cards. A mailing and subscription service was also set up. 
• In 2006, POST Philately launched its personalised stamps and postcards service at meng.post.lu.
• From 2010, POST Philately started to broaden its product range to include philatelic and numismatic items.
• POST Philately opened its online shop in 2013 which offers the full range of products.
• As part of the POST Luxembourg rebranding process, the name of the Office des Timbres was changed to POST Philately.
• At the start of 2015, POST Philately launched a new app called Smart Postcard.

Contact details (for mail orders only)
POST Philately
L-2992 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352/4088 8840

Office hours
Monday to Friday: 8 am - 12 pm  and 2 pm - 4 pm

Collectors will meet staff trained in philately. As well as providing the best possible service, the philatelic counter offers the  following items:

• Recent Luxembourg stamps
• Philatelic items such as annual collections
• Luxembourg coins
• Collectables from the Post Museum
• Special postmarks 

Counter hours of the Guichet Philatélique
Monday to Friday: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm