World Post Day: Let's know it's History!

On October 9, people around the world celebrate World Post Day. On this day in 1874, the Universal postal Union (UPU) was founded in Bern, Switzerland. The World Post Day was proclaimed by the UPU Congress, which took place in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969. In order to enable global writing to people, the UPU concentrated on a global communications revolution. Today serves as a reminder of the value of postal services.

From October 9 to October 15, 2020, india Post will be celebrating National postal Week in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of the postal industry to businesses and individuals on a daily basis, as well as its role in the socioeconomic growth of nations. 

World Post Day: History

The earliest known postal document was discovered in egypt in 255 BC. Bilateral postal agreements were used to regulate international letter exchanges in the 17th and 18th centuries. By the 1800s, the web of bilateral agreements had grown so intricate that it was adversely affecting nations' commerce and economic growth. At the global level, there was now a need to simplify and streamline this.

Sir Rowland Hill instituted a system requiring prepayment of postage on mails in england in 1840. Additionally, regardless of the distance traveled, the same rates applied to all letters in the domestic service falling within a specific weight range. In addition, he created the first postage stamp in history. The US Postmaster General, Montgomery Blair, scheduled a conference for paris in 1863. Delegates from fifteen european and American nations came together and worked together to establish a number of broad guidelines for future agreements. Nothing was formed for the international postal accord, which was a deficiency of the summit.

A senior postal officer from the North German Confederation named Heinrich Von Stephan developed a scheme for a worldwide mail union in Bern in 1874. On his recommendation, the swiss government organized an international conference that attracted representatives from 22 countries and was held in Bern on September 15, 1874. On 9 October of the same year, World Post Day was inaugurated, by founding the General postal Union. It was renamed the Universal postal Union in 1878.

The international postal services and rules were successfully streamlined into a single postal domain for transactions and letter exchanges by the Treaty of Bern, which was signed in 1874.