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Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (; ; UPAEP) is a regional association of the postal authorities in Latin America, portions of the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Spain, and Portugal, and is headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was founded in 1911 as a restricted union of the Universal Postal Union.

History

The UPAEP's predecessors include:

  • Unión Gran Colombiana (1838): Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia.
  • Lima Convention (1848): Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru
  • Lima Convention (1864): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela
  • Bolivarian Postal Agreement (1911): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

The South American Postal Congress () was held on 8 January 1911 with delegates from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The union was later renamed the Panamerican Postal Congress () in 1926, the American-Spanish Postal Congress () in 1936, the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain () in 1966, and the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal in 1990.

Member countries

The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal consists of the following member postal administrations:

See also

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