#FlashbackFriday 🤎 From horse-drawn coaches to motor cars Pictured here is a service car carrying mail and passengers for the Newman Brothers coach service in New Zealand. Established in July 1879, the company transitioned to motor vehicles 40 years later, reflecting the evolution of postal transport and connectivity in the early 20th century. [UPU Archives - New Zealand, 1920] NZ Post
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Established in 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) with its headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, is the primary forum for cooperation between postal-sector players and helps to ensure a truly universal network of up-to-date products and services. With 192 member countries, this specialised agency of the United Nations fulfils an advisory, mediating and liaison role, and renders technical assistance where needed. It sets the rules for international mail exchanges and makes recommendations to stimulate growth in mail volumes and to improve the quality of service for customers. As a non-political organisation, it does not interfere in matters that fall within the domestic domain of national postal services. For example, Posts set their own postage rates, decide which and how many postage stamps to issue, and how to manage their postal operations and staff. As an inter-governmental institution, the UPU is called upon to play an important role in promoting the continued revitalisation of postal services.
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📍New Delhi, India Recently, a UPI-UPU IP integration workshop was organized in India. The workshop focused on integrating India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with UPU’s Interconnection Platform (UPU-IP) to support faster, more affordable, and inclusive digital remittance services through postal networks. The workshop witnessed participation from over 21 delegates representing 10 nationalities attending in person, alongside participants from 5 additional countries joining virtually. 🌍 💡It brought together representatives from postal administrations, international organizations, and key stakeholders from member countries to explore secure, real-time, cross-border digital remittance solutions. Department of Posts, India
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📍Arizona, United States of America (USA) UPU recently participated in the 2026 National Postal Forum (NPF) at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. This year’s engagement centered on aligning with the 2026 theme, “Forging Bold Horizons,” focused on prioritizing the modernization of the global postal and logistics network through enhanced cyber resilience. UPU highlighted several critical initiatives: 🔸POST-ISAC (Postal & Logistics Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center): Stakeholders were sensitized to the initiative, which focuses on real-time threat intelligence sharing and capacity development to safeguard the international supply chain. 🔸SECURE.POST Cybersecurity Awareness Portal: The team demonstrated the portal’s capability to provide postal organizations with on-demand access to risk management tools, training, and threat mitigation resources. 🔸.POST Top Level Domain & Shared Services: Discussions emphasized the ongoing enhancement of the .POST platform and its Secure Shared Services into live 2026 deployments, reinforcing digital trust through DNSSEC-fortified infrastructure. 🤝UPU remains dedicated to ensuring that the global postal and logistics sector remains a resilient and trusted pillar of the digital economy.
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International Tea Day 🍵🍃 The contributions of tea to livelihoods, cultural heritage, sustainability of agrifood systems and socioeconomic development are as relevant today as they were 5000 years ago at its origin. 🫖#stamps from United Nations Postal Administration, 2023. FAO #philately
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UPU and partners to combat illicit trade in Asia In 2024, the UPU’s Operation African Star helped curb illegal drug trade through the Post in East Africa. Key global supply chain partners are now working to replicate its success in Asia. 🔗️Learn more: https://bit.ly/42Lt18A
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👉SMART insights for better EMS performance EMS SMART, the Simple Monitoring And Reporting Tool, brings EMS (postal express service) performance measurements together, giving 177 EMS Cooperative members a powerful, exclusive tool to monitor performance daily and make informed, immediate decisions that strengthen EMS reliability for customers worldwide. 🔗Learn more: https://bit.ly/4nFn4Uh
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🌟Highlights from the fourth #UPUInnovationChallenge, held simultaneously in Köln, Germany and Ghaziabad, India. 🤝 Organized in collaboration with the European University Institute’s Centre for a Digital Society, La Poste Groupe France, Department of Posts, India, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) .
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🏆World's Best Stamp 2025 competition Earlier this year, held under the patronage of the World Association for the Development of Philately in collaboration with the Philatelic Federation of South Africa, UPU invited postal operators from UPU member countries to showcase outstanding stamp design and production in this international competition across five categories. Selected from among the first place winners across 5 categories, the one winning stamp has now been awarded the title of “World’s Best Stamp" Congratulations to China for winning this award 🥇 🔗https://bit.ly/4agbsAR
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🎙️As Europe moves towards ending duty exemptions on low value parcels, cross-border e-commerce and global supply chains could see significant changes. In this episode of our #VoiceMail podcast, Ms. Antonia Niederprüm, Head of the Postal Services and Logistics at WIK-Consult and Dr. Roel Gevaers, Professor at the University of Antwerp discuss the potential impact of these measures on consumer demand, pricing and the future of cross-border e-commerce. ▶️ Tune in: https://bit.ly/4t8UbB3
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Established by the United Nations in 2001, the World Urban Forum (WUF) brings global attention to one of the most pressing issues today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. ✨This year, WUF13 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, and to commemorate the occasion, Azerpost has issued a special series of postage stamps marking the event. Azerpost UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
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