Postal Union Congress - Locations and Some Important Developments

Locations and Some Important Developments

  • 1st UPU Congress: 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. System of base rates developed.
  • 2nd UPU Congress: 1878 in Paris, France. Colour coding of postage stamps. International parcel post service.
  • 3rd UPU Congress: 1885 in Lisbon, Portugal. Reply-paid postcards authorised.
  • 4th UPU Congress: 1891 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Rules about Paquebots.
  • 5th UPU Congress: 1897 in Washington, DC, United States. Cheaper international postage.
  • 6th UPU Congress: 1906 in Rome, Italy. Free postage for prisoners of war.
  • 7th UPU Congress: 1920 in Madrid, Spain. Meter mail and window envelopes approved.
  • 8th UPU Congress: 1924 in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 9th UPU Congress: 1929 in London, United Kingdom. Postage paid franking approved. First airmail regulations.
  • 10th UPU Congress: 1934 in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 11th UPU Congress: 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Introduction of Fonopost.
  • 12th UPU Congress: 1947 in Paris, France.
  • 13th UPU Congress: 1952 in Brussels, Belgium. Approval of Aerogrammes.
  • 14th UPU Congress: 1957 in Ottawa, Canada.
  • 15th UPU Congress: 1964 in Vienna, Austria.
  • 16th UPU Congress: 1969 in Tokyo, Japan.
  • 17th UPU Congress: 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • 18th UPU Congress: 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • 19th UPU Congress: 1984 in Hamburg, West Germany.
  • 20th UPU Congress: 1989 in Washington, DC, United States.
  • 21st UPU Congress: 1994 in Seoul, South Korea.
  • 22nd UPU Congress: 1999 in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
  • 23rd UPU Congress: 2004 in Bucharest, Romania.
  • 24th UPU Congress: 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • 25th UPU Congress: 2012 in Doha, Qatar.

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