Salpost

The history of the Sierra Leone Postal Service goes as far back as 1841 (before the union was formed) during the period of Jerome, who established a village Post Office in Gloucester village on the outskirts of Freetown at the time. The office of “Postmaster of Packet Agent” as the professional head of the Postal Services was instituted in 1843. That office was held by a clerk of the Commonwealth Secretariat who was paid directly from the British Treasury. The first General Post Office was established in 1853 at Gloucester Street in Freetown, and the position of a full time Postmaster was created in 1857 with Isaac Fitzjohn from Gloucester Village Freetown appointed to the position of Postmaster General in 1858.