World Post Day - October 9
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Today celebrates the 133rd anniversary of the forming of the Universal Postal Union in 1874. For those of you that collect Postal History, this is indeed a remarkable anniversary, as the formation of the UPU standardized rates between signatory countries enough so that we can make sense of the mails from more than 100 years ago even now. In 1969, the UPU voted to designate this day each year as World Post Day in celebration of the formation of the UPU. To get a better feel for what it’s all about have a look at the official UPU page for world post day. The page features mp3’s, announcements, articles, and pictures of all the celebrations connected with World Post Day.
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