Students gain basic knowledge about the importance and role of postal traffic in the society, and special conditions under which national and international postal traffic operate.

Knowledge about functional characteristics of postal traffic, its historical development, regulations, organization and philately.

Functioning of postal traffic in modern society. Importance and role of postal traffic. Functional characteristics of post and postal traffic. Historical development of postal traffic. Postal traffic as a complex system. Postal traffic as a part of communication system and traffic system. Postal traffic as a complex space and transport system. Organization of postal traffic. Special conditions of postal traffic operation. International postal traffic. Postal regulations. Postage stamps and philately. Historical development of a postage stamp.

Lectures and practice classes.