125th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union
The postal service throughout the world is part of the daily life of populations and its proper functioning is essential to any social order and even more to the life of the international community. These rules gave a prodigious boost to the international post office. Nowadays, several billion letters and packages are exchanged each year around the world and reach their recipients in the best conditions.
The constitution, the general regulations as well as the convention and its implementing regulations are binding on all member countries so that their provisions affect practically almost the entire population of the globe, nearly 200 countries and territories are currently bound by these acts. Optional arrangements also regulate the operation of postal services with regard to the processing of declared values, parcels, postal orders, reimbursements, collections, savings and, finally, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals.
The postage stamp, a means of communication The postage stamp is certainly not a simple safe-conduct for epistolary communication, but a charming messenger and an eloquent witness to the works of human genius and the significant events of our century. The ideas that it suggests through the image or the artistic motif constitute its illustration. A utilitarian object, the postage stamp can be collected, exchanged, exhibited.
He thus appears as the ambassador of the country which emits it through the messages it conveys: its achievements, its concerns, its civilization, its culture, its fauna and its flora, in fact the entirety of its heritage. Postage stamps teach the history of the world in each language, recount the habits and customs of peoples, exhibit works of art from all continents, and present the wonders of nature in color. The postage stamp is in fact a real vector of communication within society.
The constitution, the general regulations as well as the convention and its implementing regulations are binding on all member countries so that their provisions affect practically almost the entire population of the globe, nearly 200 countries and territories are currently bound by these acts. Optional arrangements also regulate the operation of postal services with regard to the processing of declared values, parcels, postal orders, reimbursements, collections, savings and, finally, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals.
The postage stamp, a means of communication The postage stamp is certainly not a simple safe-conduct for epistolary communication, but a charming messenger and an eloquent witness to the works of human genius and the significant events of our century. The ideas that it suggests through the image or the artistic motif constitute its illustration. A utilitarian object, the postage stamp can be collected, exchanged, exhibited.
He thus appears as the ambassador of the country which emits it through the messages it conveys: its achievements, its concerns, its civilization, its culture, its fauna and its flora, in fact the entirety of its heritage. Postage stamps teach the history of the world in each language, recount the habits and customs of peoples, exhibit works of art from all continents, and present the wonders of nature in color. The postage stamp is in fact a real vector of communication within society.