• World Post Day (9 October)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 9 21:45:47 2024
    The General (later Universal) Postal Union was founded on 9 October 1874
    in Bern. In 1948 it became an agency of the United Nations. At its 1969 congress in Tokyo, World Post Day was inaugurated.

    I am fond of the world postal system; I hope I don't live to see it
    collapse. I guess I should celebrate by sending a postcard.

    But the language relevance? Crystal talks about a UPU-sponsored
    letter-writing competition. He talks about changing epistolary conventions. (yawn)

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