World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. The event was declared by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo as a means to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) creation in 1874.
The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.
As a result, the UPU's member countries are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums.
For countries participating in the UPU International Letter-Writing Competition, national winners are often honoured on 9 October.
The UPU will hold its annual celebrations on World Post Day with special events commemorating its 150th anniversary.
See the event programme below.
Watch the video message:
"150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations"
The UPU World Post Day social media kit includes messaging samples and guidelines, social media cards in various formats and languages, branded materials and souvenirs as well as the original files for the production of posters and philately packages.
Postal communications teams and anyone interested in joining the global World Post Day campaign and amplifying it are encouraged to download and use these official materials.
Please keep checking the board as we approach the celebration, as more messaging and campaigns will be added in the coming months.
To access the board, click here.