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	universal postal union - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is an international organization that coordinates postal policies between member nations, and hence the world-wide postal system.
		It was created in 1874, under the name "General Postal Union", as a result of the Treaty of Berne signed on 9 October 1874.
		One of the most important results of the UPU treaty was that it ceased to be necessary, as it often had been previously, to affix the stamps of any country through which one's letter or package would pass in transit; the UPU provides that stamps of member nations are accepted for the whole international route.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Universal-Postal-Union (376 words)

	United States Postal Service @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to a report from the General Accounting Office, "The monopoly was created by Congress as a revenue protection measure for the Postal Serviceâs predecessor to enable it to fulfill its mission.
		The Inspector General, who is independent of postal management, is appointed by and reports directly to the nine Presidential appointed Governors of the Postal Service.
		In the early 1990s, there was a widely publicized wave of workplace shootings by disgruntled employees at USPS facilities, which led to a postal regulation that prohibits the possession of firearms in all postal facilities.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/United_States_Postal_Service (6211 words)

	October 9 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		1874 - General Postal Union was created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
		1936 - Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to transmit electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
		1989 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/o/c/t/October_9.html (1346 words)

	HISTORY OF POSTAL SYSTEMS
		Franklin was the first to operate America’s postal service at a profit, despite the fact that postage was paid by the recipient (when it was paid at all.) “Before stamps were used a person had to collect his mail at the post office and pay for it.
		He conducted a study of the cost structure of the postal system and found that the distance involved in delivering a piece of mail was an insignificant factor in the cost.
		The U.S. Post Office now maintains what is by far the largest postal system in the world, handling almost half the world’s volume of postal traffic: 84,800,000,000 pieces in 1970, over 400 items per head of population.
	www.aretek.com /POSTHISTORY.html (2922 words)

	Geoffrey Nunberg - Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is proclaimed in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII to maintain coincidence of calendar and seasons in it, no century is a leap year unless it is divisible by 400.
		postal service carries news and information throughout the country, a model for postal service in other nations.
		1874 Twenty-two nations sign a treaty in Bern establishing the General Postal Union, later the Universal Postal Convention, which sets procedures for the exchange of international mail.
	www-csli.stanford.edu /~nunberg/timeline.html (5784 words)

	Learn more about Timeline of postal history in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Learn more about Timeline of postal history in the online encyclopedia.
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		1792 - On February 20 the Postal Service Act establishes the United States Post Office Department.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/ti/timeline_of_postal_history.html (1669 words)

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