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1990: 150th Anniversary of the Penny Black Stamp
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Roland Hill's idea of a uniform postage rate no matter what the distance introduced the penny stamp and opened the world of written communication to everyone
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1974: 100 Years of the UPU
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The story continued with the founding of the Universal Postal Union in Bern. Eugene Borel (who was head of the Swiss postal department) chaired a congress of 22 countries. As thanks he was gifted a silver tea set by the conference participants. The silver platter was engraved with the ideals of the new organisation. (The tea tray and other UPU history
here). Borel visited
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1997: Founder of the UPU - Heinrich Von Stephan
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the well regarded German postal official Heinrich Von Stephan (general postal director for the German Empire) in Berlin ahead of the congress.
Stephan is now considered the father of the UPU but had begun his illustrious career as a postal clerk in the Kingdom of Prussia, what a journey. He also introduced the postcard to Germany and the telephone.
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1988: 300th Anniversary of the Postal Service
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Here is a happy postal scene. The UPU turned 150 this years, Finland became a member in 1918 soon after they became an independent country in 1917.
Sunday Stamps theme is - Headshots - See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing the history of the UPU. You have a great stamp collection!
I never thought about the price and distance mailed. It's always been just a stamp to anywhere in the country, or territories. Thinking on it, it would be so much less cost to mail to a neighboring state than to Guam or somewhere far off!
I like the happy postal scene!!!!
The Finnish stamp is very nice. That joy when receiving a postcard...!
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