The Universal Postal Union (UPU) wasfounded on October 9,1874.To give widepublicity to the functions of the postal ser-vice in political,economical and cultural de-velopments of all the countries and friendlyconnections among peoples all over the werld,and to the history and achievements of UPU, The Universal Postal Union (UPU) wasfounded on October 9, 1874. To give widepublicity to the functions of the postal ser-vice in political, economical and cultural de -velopments of all the countries and friendlyconnections among peoples all over the werld, and to the history and achievements of UPU,