HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d., founded in 1999, is a joint stock company owned by the Republic of Croatia that performs postal and payment transactions. It is the national postal operator of the Republic of Croatia. 1,016 Croatian Post offices represent one of the largest service and retail networks in the country. In addition to postal and logistics services, it also offers financial and retail services throughout Croatia. It is one of the co-founders and a full member of the Association of European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop), and the Republic of Croatia is a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The Croatian Post also issues postage stamps of the Republic of Croatia. The period since the independence of Croatia In 1990, the Croatian Parliament established the public company Hrvatska pošta i telekomunikacije (HPT), with the main activity of providing postal and telecommunications services. The company was the legal successor of the former 13 companies of PTT-promet in Croatia and took over their rights and obligations. It consisted of the Joint Services (Office of the Director, Economic Affairs Division, Legal, Human Resources and General Affairs Division, Internal Control and Audit Service) and the Post and Telecommunications Directorates, which were specially organized for organizational and technological separation of postal and telecommunications systems. In 1990, HPT had 1,094 post offices, with 2,153 counters, 5,730 mailboxes and 3,744 delivery areas. [6] Given the diversity of activities and the then technologically separate functioning of the Post Office and the Telecommunications Directorate, and in line with global trends, in 1999 HPT split into HP - Hrvatska pošta (Croatian Post) and HT - Hrvatske telekomunikacije (Croatian Telecommunications; Hrvatski Telekom as of 2010), and since then Croatian Post operates as an independent joint stock company, continuing the tradition and development continuity of postal activity in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. [6] On 1 July 2019, the Croatian Post became a member of the International Post Corporation (IPC), an international organization that brings together leading postal operators in Europe, North America and Australia. To become a member of the IPC, one needs to meet strict criteria – from a set high percentage of delivery and quality to good financial results. In October 2019, the Croatian Post took over the company Locodels, which specializes in same-day city delivery. At the beginning of 2020, the Croatian Post successfully tested the possibilities of drone delivery from the Zadar port of Gaženica