World Postal Day 2022

World Postal Day 2022 : day is celebrated as the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874. Today it marks the contribution of postal workers, their networks and their importance to the global economy.

When did National Postal Worker Day start?

Seattle-area postal carriers established National Postal Worker Day in 1997 to honor fellow employees.

What is the name of World Post Day 2021?

The Universal Postal Union will hold its annual celebration of World Post Day virtually this year. Please join us on tv.upu.int. The theme of this year’s World Post Day is “Innovate to recover.” Visit this page to see this year’s poster.

Why postal service is important?

Postal services are also valuable to the government of some countries. They use the services to coordinate with other offices- to send notices, memos, and other documents. It is useful especially to places that are hard to reach. They event sent packages and parcels from one post office to another.

What is the theme of the World Post Day 2021?

Innovate to recover

The theme for World Post Day 2021 is ‘innovate to recover‘. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the supply chain infrastructure across the world, postal services found a way to continue to operate, delivering goods and letters to people, sometimes in far-off places. It is this resilience that we are celebrating today.

Which is the first post office in India?

The East India Company opened its first post office in 1727. In 1774 Calcutta GPO was established. The site where the GPO is now located was actually the site of the first Fort William. An alley beside the post office was the site of the guardhouse that housed the infamous 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta (1756).

What is Indian post day?

The National Post Day is celebrated on October 10 every year and it is an extension of World Post Day, which is celebrated on October 9. The National Post Day is celebrated to mark the role played by the Indian postal department in over 150 years.

Which is the largest postal network in the world?

India

9.47 India possesses the largest postal network in the world with 155,000 post offices spread all over the country as on March 31, 2001, of which 89 per cent are in the rural sector. On an average, a post office serves an area of 21.21 Sq. kms. and a population of 5,449.

Which country proposed the holding of World Post Day at the Universal Postal Union Congress in 1969?

World Post Day was first celebrated in 1969 at the UPU Congress in Tokyo, Japan. It was submitted by an Indian delegation named, Shri Anand Mohan Narula and since then, World Post Day has been celebrated all over the world in order to spotlight the importance of postal services.

Who invented the postal system?

On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.