150th Anniversary of UPU

In 2024, the Universal Postal Union marks its 150th anniversary. In October 9, 1874, representatives from 22 countries convened to sign the Treaty of Bern, establishing the General Postal Union, which would later be known as the Universal Postal Union (UPU). A century and a half later, the UPU connects the postal networks of 192 member countries, fulfilling its founders’ vision of creating a unified postal territory to serve people worldwide.

The theme for the UPU’s 150th year – “150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations” – celebrates this achievement and underscores its ongoing commitment to serving people across the globe for generations to come. To celebrate its 150th Anniversary, UPU distributed common design for stamp, FDC and maxicards.  

Myanmar Post also issued a stamp, using the common design, on 9 Oct 2024.

Stamp Design

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue: 9 October 2024
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Stamp Size and Format : 30 mm x 42 mm (Vertical)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 200,000 pc
Designer: UPU

First Day Covers

Official FDC

Private FDC by U Sein Minn

Private FDC by U Sein Minn

145th Anniversary of UPU (World Post Day)

Universal Postal Union was established in 1875 by the Treaty of Bern.  In 2019, UPU celebrates its 145th anniversary.  Currently, with its 192 member countries, the union is headquartered in the Swiss capital Berne.  On 9th October, World Post Day, Myanmar also issued a stamp to commemorate the 145th anniversary of UPU.

Stamp Design

 Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 9 Oct 2019

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Stamp Size and Format : 42 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 1,000,000 pcs
Stamp Designers : Universal Postal Union

Maxicard

First Day Covers

Official FDC by Myanmar Post

MPS FDC (900 Covers) [MPS-FDC-037]

FDC by U Mya Thaung

On 9th October, the World Post Day celebration was held in Nay Pyi Taw by Myanmar Post.  At this event, a special commemorative cover was prepared and gave to the attendees as a souvenir and sold a few numbers of covers.  Total of 500 covers were produced.  The cancellation is also different from the first day cancellation.  The cover is shown below.

UPU Day, 2016 commemorative postmark

The official postmark was struck on commemorative covers at Yangon GPO on World Post day, 9th October 2016, starting from 9:30 AM.  An official cover was also sold on that day.  MPS, also created it's own philatelic cover and sold to members and collectors.

Cover by Myanmar Post

Cover by MPS