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First Congress of the General Postal Union

When: 1874
Where: Bern, Switzerland
Part of: Universal Postal Union established

A congress of the new postal union was held in Bern, Switzerland in 1874, during the organization's General Postal Union era.

A congress of the organization then known as the General Postal Union took place in Bern, Switzerland in 1874. The body was not yet called the Universal Postal Union; that name was adopted at the second Postal Union Congress in 1878. The supplied passages do not state the congress's relation to the treaty signing, so no sequencing is asserted.

Sources

Universal Postal Union Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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