Universal Postal Union : UPU

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) a international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system. Each member country agrees to the same set of terms for conducting international postal duties.

Prior to the UPU, a country would have to have a separate postal treaty for each country that it wished to carry international mail to or from. One of the most important results of the UPU has been that it is no longer necessary, as it often was previously, to have stamps of any country through which one desired transit of one's letter or package, affixed to it; the UPU provides that stamps of member nations are accepted for the whole international route.

The UPU also operates the system of International Reply Coupon.

The UPU is the oldest international organization and was created in 1874, under the name "General Postal Union," as a result of the Treaty of Berne[?] signed on October 9, 1874. In 1878 the name was changed to to "Universal Postal Union."

The UPU can be found online at http://www.upu.int/

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