GENERAL POSTAL UNION
- Treaty and final protocol signed at Bern October 9, 1874[1]
- Treaty ratified and approved by the Postmaster General of the United States March 8, 1875; final protocol ratified and approved by the Postmaster General of the United States May 21, 1875
- Treaty approved by the President of the United States March 8, 1875; final protocol approved by the President of the United States May 21, 1875
- Ratifications exchanged at Bern May 3, 1875[2]
- Entered into force July 1, 1875
- Terminated by convention of June 1, 1878[3]
19 Stat. 577
[TRANSLATION]
Treaty Concerning the Formation of Ageneral Postal Union, Concluded Between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, the United States of America, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
The undersigned, plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the countries above enumerated, have by common consent, and subject to ratification, agreed upon the following Convention:
Article 1
The countries between which the present treaty is concluded shall form, under the title of General Postal Union, a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of correspondence between their post-offices.
Article 2
The stipulations of this treaty shall extend to letters, post-cards, books, newspapers, and other printed papers, patterns of merchandise, and legal
- ↑ For text of regulations for execution of the treaty, see 19 Stat. 592.
- ↑ The procés-verbal of exchange of ratifications (including that of the United States) at Bern dated May 3, 1875, contains French conditions and reservations, assented to by the other contracting parties. For text of these provisions, see footnote 6, p. 37. For complete text of procés-verbal, see 19 Stat. 590.
- ↑ Post, p. 51.
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