Word Post day - Poland

An uprated FDC from Poland 

The World Post Day is celebrated each year on the 9th of October at the anniversary of establishing the Universal Postal Union. This holiday had been accepted in 1969 at the UPU Congress in Tokyo. On that very day the postal operators all over the world present their most up-to-date technological achievements and services, and invite the youths to get acquainted with the post history and the specificity of the work with post. Moreover, the international competition for children is being organized at that time for the most interesting letter, written on a previously fixed theme. Celebrations of the World Post Day are usually honoured additionally by the philatelic exhibitions, cultural and sport events and special emissions of stamps and FDCs.

Based on a global network of 660,000 post offices it is possible to deliver more than six billion parcels and some 440 billion letters, and to perform millions of money transfers. In this handling and delivery work up to five million employees are involved. The ever growing development of Internet and other communications technologies do not excludes the need of such uniform, efficient and universal operator as the Post. After all, in spite of the virtual reality created in computers, we are still living in the real world, where even the goods purchased by Internet have to be delivered through absolutely material mail service.

The World Post Day in Polish philately

Since the fifties of the 20th century on the Polish Post used to publish regularly special stamps on the Day of the Stamp, featuring most frequently the motifs related to the history of the Post, horse carriages, mounted postmen and genre pieces, connected with correspondency traditions as well as some ancient emblems. In the seventies prevailed the series, presenting related pieces of Polish art, while since the half of the eighties Polish Post publishes the stamps, dedicated to the World Post Day rather than the local emissions only.

The stamp and the FDC envelope

On the occasion of the World Post Day the Polish Post, in 2007 issued this stamp together with accompanying FDC envelope. The idea underlying their graphic design is to show a letter which has travelled its way around the world. The multicolored postmarks create a mosaic, from which the letter's itinerary can be read out. These small graphic details sum up to create a whole, for even if the postmarks in every corner of the world may be different their common purpose is to deliver the mail to its addressees.

The Postcrossing stamp of Poland - details can be found at http://travellingenvelopes.blogspot.com/2018/07/poland-post.html?m=0

Thanks Wojtek ! You have a wonderful handwriting and it’s always pleasure to read your letters , especially because of your handwriting !