World Post Day 2017

October 9^th is World Post Day!

This event is celebrated every year since 1969, on the anniversary of the founding of the UPU (Universal Postal Union), and commemorates all the hard work and social contributions of the postal services worldwide.

So across the world, post offices celebrate this special day in many different ways. This includes special philatelic exhibitions, free entrance in postal and communications museums, introducing new products and services, special cancellation marks, seminars, workshops and more!

If you know of any events for WPD 2017 that are not yet listed below, please let us know so that we can mention it on this page.

These are the events we are aware of in 2017:

Åland Islands

Åland Post is celebrating its national Stamp Day with a special cancellation mark. This is also the day on which they issue their Christmas stamps for the year.

France

La Poste is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Germany

Between 6 and 13 October, Deutsche Post will have a special cancellation mark in their Posttower headquarters, in Bonn.

Guernsey

For a week, outgoing mail will feature a commemorative World Post Day-themed cancellation mark.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Post is offering discounts on their Make My Card personalised service and online shop.

Ireland

An Post is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Italy

Several post offices around the country will offer a special cancellation mark to commemorate the day.

Latvia

Latvijas Pasts is organising a meeting for postcard enthusiasts.

Luxembourg

Post Luxembourg is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Malaysia

World Post Day stamps will be launched on October 9th. There will be several Postcrossing meetups around the country on the day, with special postcards and cancellation marks, as well as a postcard exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

Netherlands

PostNL is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Nigeria

To celebrate the World Post Day, postcrosser Nnennaya and her team will be giving away postcards for free, which they designed, at NIPOST headquarters.

Philippines

PHLPost will launch its 5th letter writing contest on October 9th, for students in the country.

Romania

Local postcrossers are organizing a meetup in Bucharest to celebrate the day.

Singapore

SingPost is celebrating the opening of the new General Post Office by offering a specially designed postcard. As part of the celebrations, they are also doing an event to spread the word about Postcrossing among the people who visit the new post office.

The Singapore Philatelic Museum has a special cancellation mark for mail dropped on their event box.

Spain

Correos is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Switzerland

Swiss Post is joining the IPC social media challenge and offering prizes for the best postal-themed photos tagged with #ilovemypost.

Trinidad and Tobago

TT Post is offering free postage on all locally addressed personal mail in envelopes.