UPU 75th anniversary

In 1949 the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union was celebrated throughout the world. All postal administrations were requested to issue special postal stamps to commemorate this birthday. It resulted in the first UN related omnibus issue.

Catalogue

Aden 10 October 1949

Ascension Island 10 October 1949

Austria 8 October 1949

Baden 4 October 1949

Bahawalpur 10 October 1949

Bahawalpur 10 October 1949

Basutoland 10 October 1949

Bechuanaland Protectorate 10 October 1949

Belgium 1 October 1949

British Solomon Islands 10 October 1949

Falkland Islands 10 October 1949

French Indian Settlements 4 July 1949

French Oceanic Settlements 4 July 1949

French West Africa 4 July 1949

German Democratic Republic 9 October 1949

Gilbert and Ellice Islands 10 October 1949

Johore 10 October 1949

Kedah 10 October 1949

Kelantan 10 October 1949

Liechtenstein 23 May 1949

Malacca 10 October 1949

Negri Sembilan 10 October 1949

Netherlands 1 October 1949

Netherlands Antilles 3 October 1949

North Borneo 10 October 1949

Northern Rhodesia 10 October 1949

Nyasaland 21 November 1949

Pahang 10 October 1949

Penang 10 October 1949

Perak 10 October 1949

Perlis 10 October 1949

Pitcairn Islands 10 October 1949

Portuguese India October 1949

Portuguese Timor October 1949

Rhineland-Palatinate 4 October 1949

Sarawak 10 October 1949

Selangor 10 October 1949

Southern Rhodesia 10 October 1949

Spanish Territories in the Gulf of Guinea 9 October 1949

Surinam 1 October 1949

Tangier International Zone 10 October 1949

Trengganu 10 October 1949

Tunisia 24 October 1949

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5 October 1949

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 10 October 1949

Württemberg-Hohenzollern 4 October 1949

Extra catalogue - reproduced stamps

Ascension Island 7 July 1989 (Ascension Island and France)

German Democratic Republic 8 May 1990

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last revised: 16 September 2010