4-72

{{short description|Colombian postal-system operator}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Servicios Postales Nacionales

| logo =4-72 logo.svg

| image = Oficina 472 Cúcuta NS-Col feb 2021.jpg

|logo_size=70px

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| trade_name = 4-72

| type = Public company

| industry = Postal service

| fate =

| predecessor = Adpostal

| successor =

| founded = {{Start date and age|2006}}

| founder =

| defunct =

| hq_location_city = Bogotá

| hq_location_country = Colombia

| area_served = Colombia

| key_people =

| products =

| services = National and international postage, express courier, postal payment

| owner =

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| website = {{URL|4-72.com.co}}

}}

Servicios Postales Nacionales is the company which operates as Colombia's official postal service under the name 4-72 (pronounced as {{lang|es|cuatro setenta y dos}}). The company assumed operations from the liquidated state company Adpostal in late 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.enter.co/archivo/4-72-la-marca-que-reemplazara-a-adpostal/|title=4-72, LA MARCA QUE REEMPLAZARÁ A ADPOSTAL|last=|first=|date=2 June 2008|website=ENTER.CO|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011083308/http://www.enter.co/archivo/4-72-la-marca-que-reemplazara-a-adpostal/ |archive-date=2012-10-11 |access-date=}} In addition to providing both national and international mail service and express courier service, 4-72 also facilitates postal payment services, among other services.{{Cite web|url=http://www.4-72.com.co/Naturalezajuridicayobjetosocial|title=Naturaleza jurídica y objeto social|last=|first=|date=6 November 2019|website=4-72|archive-date=9 November 2019|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109014309/http://4-72.com.co/Naturalezajuridicayobjetosocial|url-status=dead}} The name 4-72 derives from the simplified coordinates of the geographic center of Colombia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinero.com/negocios/articulo/472-marca-reemplaza-adpostal/63100|title=472, marca que reemplaza a Adpostal|last=Dinero|website=472, marca que reemplaza a Adpostal|language=spanish|access-date=2019-11-09}} It is associated with the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications.