Locations and Some Important Developments
- 1st UPU Congress: 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. System of base rates developed.
- 2nd UPU Congress: 1878 in Paris, France. Colour coding of postage stamps. International parcel post service.
- 3rd UPU Congress: 1885 in Lisbon, Portugal. Reply-paid postcards authorised.
- 4th UPU Congress: 1891 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Rules about Paquebots.
- 5th UPU Congress: 1897 in Washington, DC, United States. Cheaper international postage.
- 6th UPU Congress: 1906 in Rome, Italy. Free postage for prisoners of war.
- 7th UPU Congress: 1920 in Madrid, Spain. Meter mail and window envelopes approved.
- 8th UPU Congress: 1924 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 9th UPU Congress: 1929 in London, United Kingdom. Postage paid franking approved. First airmail regulations.
- 10th UPU Congress: 1934 in Cairo, Egypt.
- 11th UPU Congress: 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Introduction of Fonopost.
- 12th UPU Congress: 1947 in Paris, France.
- 13th UPU Congress: 1952 in Brussels, Belgium. Approval of Aerogrammes.
- 14th UPU Congress: 1957 in Ottawa, Canada.
- 15th UPU Congress: 1964 in Vienna, Austria.
- 16th UPU Congress: 1969 in Tokyo, Japan.
- 17th UPU Congress: 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 18th UPU Congress: 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 19th UPU Congress: 1984 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- 20th UPU Congress: 1989 in Washington, DC, United States.
- 21st UPU Congress: 1994 in Seoul, South Korea.
- 22nd UPU Congress: 1999 in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
- 23rd UPU Congress: 2004 in Bucharest, Romania.
- 24th UPU Congress: 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 25th UPU Congress: 2012 in Doha, Qatar.
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