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Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

Field	Value
name	Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
native_name	Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal
União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal
native_name_lang	es
image	Bandeira da União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal.png
image_size	300px
abbreviation	UPAEP
formation
founding_location	Montevideo, Uruguay
extinction
type	Regional organization
tax_id
registration_id
headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay
fields	Postal, mail
language	Spanish and Portuguese (official languages)
owner
sec_gen	Roberto Cavanna
website

União Postal das Américas, Espanha e 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. 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:

Argentina Argentina (Correo Argentino) (1911)
Aruba Aruba (Post Aruba) (1993)
Bolivia Bolivia (Empresa de Correos de Bolivia) (1911)
Brazil Brazil (Correios) (1911)
Canada Canada (Canada Post) (1931)
Chile Chile (Correos de Chile) (1911)
Colombia Colombia (Servicios Postales Nacionales) (1911)
Costa Rica Costa Rica (Correos de Costa Rica) (1921)
Cuba Cuba (Empresa de Correos de Cuba) (1921)
Curaçao Curaçao (CPost International) (1993)
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (Instituto Postal Dominicano) (1921)
Ecuador Ecuador (Correos del Ecuador) (1911)
El Salvador El Salvador (General Postal Directorate) (1921)
Guatemala Guatemala (Correo de Guatemala) (1921)
Haiti Haiti (Post of Haiti) (1931)
Honduras Honduras (Honducor) (1926)
Mexico Mexico (Correos de México) (1921)
Nicaragua Nicaragua (Nicaraguan Postal Service) (1921)
Panama Panama (Correos y Telégrafos Nacionales de Panamá) (1921)
Paraguay Paraguay (Correo Nacional Paraguayo) (1911)
Peru Peru (Serpost) (1911)
Portugal Portugal (Correios de Portugal) (1990)
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Postal Services Sint Maarten) (2014)
Spain Spain (Correos) (1926)
Suriname Suriname (Surinaams Postbedrijf) (1978)
United States United States (United States Postal Service) (1921)
Uruguay Uruguay (Correo Uruguayo) (1911)
Venezuela Venezuela (IPOSTEL) (1911)

References

(2024). "Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)". [[Union of International Associations]].
[http://www.anacom.pt/template12.jsp?categoryId=90210 ''ANACOM: Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)'']

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