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The British £1 stamp for the 1929 Postal Union Congress, designed by Harold Nelson.. The Postal Union Congress is the main international meeting of the Universal Postal Union, used to discuss various issues affecting international postal services, such as legislation, the political climate, and other strategic issues.
[note 2] After the General Postal Union was established, its membership grew rapidly as other countries joined. At the second Postal Union Congress in 1878, it was renamed the Universal Postal Union. [12] French was the sole official language of the UPU until English was added as a working language in 1994.
The Postal Union Congress (PUC) £1 stamp is one of a series of postage stamps of Great Britain issued in 1929. It is one of the classics of British philately and has been described as one of the most beautiful British stamps ever issued. [1] The stamp was only the second British commemorative stamp to be issued.
The Universal Postal Union Congress of 2021 taking place in Abidjan brought about another significant change to the Treaty of Bern. Previously the agreements of the congress were valid for only 4 years, but since July 1, 2022, when the treaty came into effect, their validity is now no longer limited in time. [2]
Postal union lobbying of Congress to obtain higher pay and better working conditions had proven fruitless. [1] An immediate trigger for the strike was a Congressional decision to raise the wages of postal workers by only 4%, at the same time as Congress raised its own pay by 41%. [2] [3] [4]
Postal leaders and the letter carrier union were incensed when a federal judge in San Francisco last month sentenced a man who held a gun to a postal carrier’s head to just 30 days behind bars ...
According to the union, the tentative agreement offers a 1.3% annual raise for career letter carriers, and a 2.3% increase for noncareer letter carriers, as they do not get cost of living ...
Universal Postal Union Congress, London 10 May 1929 (halfpenny to twopence halfpenny and £1) Low value definitives, 1934–36 (halfpenny to 1s) High value definitives, 1934, "Seahorses" (re-engraved) Silver Jubilee 7 May 1935 (first issue to commemorate a royal event)