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Flagge Fahne flag UPU Weltpostverein Universal Postal Union
Flag of the UPU,
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Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of the UPU shows the globe, surrounded by five symbol-figures (they stand for the five importantst human races) which every holds a letter in it's hand, and gives him to the respective right neighbour. The bunting is UN pale-blue. It is azure-blue and is defined as follows: Hex #4B92DB, RGB 75|146|219, CMYK 71|37|0|0, Pantone 279.

Source: Volker Preuß, farbtonkarte.de

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Numbers and Facts

The UPU was established on the 1st of June in 1878 as Universal Postal Convention, and is since 1948 a special organization of the UN. The UPU has it's seat in Bern. The supreme organ is the Wold Postal Congress. The UPU regulates internationally:
- letter's traffic
- value letter's traffic
- postal parcel traffic
- postal money transfer's traffic
- postal transfer's traffic
- postal order's traffic
- postal newspaper's traffic

Source: Discovery '97

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