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2012, April 1.  Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU) - 50th Anniversary

Litho Offset.  Amstar Company, Inc.  Perf 14

Singles, Sheets of 40 (4 x 10); and, Singles, Sheets of 20 (2 x 10)

 

               

 

    7p  APPU Logo and Flags of Member Countries  -  Singles  (200,000)

  30p  APPU Logo, Flags of Member Countries, and, 1p50 AOPU Stamp  -  Singles  (100,000)

 

Designer & Layout Artist: Victorino Z. Serevo

Design Coordinator:  Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

 

    


 

ASIAN PACIFIC POSTAL UNION - 50th ANNIVERSARY

Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU), originally known as Asian Oceanic Postal Convention is an inter-governmental organization of 32 postal administrations of the Asian Pacific region.  

The objective of APPU is to extend, facilitate, and improve postal relations between member countries and to promote cooperation in the field of postal services. 

It all started in the 1950s, when the idea of a restricted union came. After some informal discussion, the Philippine government sent through diplomatic channels invitations to 18 countries for a roundtable in Manila. The 1961 Manila Postal Conference was very significant for APPU because it gave a concrete shape to the concept  and drew up the Asian Oceanic Postal Convention which was signed at Manila on January 23, 1961 by representatives of Australia, China, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines and Thailand.   

The convention was to come into force on April 1, 1962 and on that date they formed a union among themselves, with four member countries, namely, China, Korea, Philippines and Thailand. They established its headquarters in Manila with Enrico Palomar, Postmaster General of Philippines as its first Director. Since then, whoever is the Postmaster General of the Postal Administration of the Philippines acts as the Director of APPU.

In 1983 APPU become affiliated to Universal Postal Union, which is a specialized agency of the United Nations. The headquarters was relocated to Bangkok in 2002.

 The membership of the Union subsequently increased with the admission of other countries of the Asian-Pacific region making it today an inter-governmental body of 32 countries namely; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samao, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu and Vietnam  

 

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