New Headquarters building at Berne 1970

In 1970 the new Headquarters building at the Weltpoststrasse was officially inaugurated. The UPU asked the member countries to issue postage stamps to commemorate this historic event.

A new building to house the Secretariat of the U.P.U. was inaugurated on 20th May, 1970 in Berne (Switzerland). The Universal Postal Union is one of the oldest International Organisation and among the largest. The Union was formed in 1874 in Berne (Switzerland) with 21 countries and after 95 years it has now a membership of 142 countries. It has been recognised as a specialised agency of the U.N.O. The countries, which are members of the U.P.U., form a single postal territory in which freedom of transit of mails is guaranteed. The shifting of the U.P.U. headquarters to a new modern building signifies the rapid expansion in the activities of the U.P.U. in the last two decades.