Philippines 1949 - 75th anniv. of the UPU

The Philippines is an island state in Southeast Asia located in the Pacific Ocean. In 1521, the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan was the beginning of an era of influence and later to Spanish rule. Between the nineteenth and twentieth century the United States replaced Spain as the dominant power in the archipelago and retained sovereignty over the islands until the end of the Second World War.

75th Anniversary of UPU

The Universal Postal Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates postal policies among member countries, in addition to the worldwide postal system. Before the establishment of the UPU, each country had to prepare a separate treaty with other nations that post had wanted to bring international mail to and from. The UPU was created in 1874