Letter Post Manual. International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union (Berne 2001)

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Universal Postal Union
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Letter Post
Manual

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Berne 2001

International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union

Note concerning the printing        

The text of the Convention is printed in bold characters. The texts of the Regulations and of the Final Protocols are printed in ordinary characters.

The texts of the commentary by the International Bureau are printed in small char­acters preceded by a square (■). The number of the provision commented on is printed in bold characters.

Any amendments to the texts made in subsequent updates of the Manual are marked by a vertical line (|) in the margin opposite the amended text.

Remarks

The Letter Post Manual replaces the Manual of the Universal Postal Convention published by the International Bureau after the Seoul Congress. That Manual had itself replaced volume 2 of the Annotated Acts issued after each Congress from 1940 to 1991. The Letter Post Manual includes the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention as revised by the 1999 Beijing Congress applicable to letter post, those of the Letter Post Regulations as revised by the POC in 1999 and 2000 and the commentary made by the International Bureau.

The Manual is designed so as to give the reader immediate access to all the information about one and the same matter, viz:

-          the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention, indicated by Article ...

-          the provisions of the Regulations, indicated by Article RE ...

-          the provisions of the Final Protocol, given after the article concerned and

indicated by

Prot Article ... or Prot Article RE ...

-          the commentary by the International Bureau following the provisions to

which it refers.

Contents

Abbreviations

General List of UPU Member Countries and of territories included in the Union

Table of UPU letter-post charges

List of Compendia

UPU Postal Operators Statement of Values

Synoptic table of the Universal Postal Convention

Table of contents

List of forms

Provisions of the Universal Postal Convention applicable to letter post and the Letter-Post Regulations supplemented by the relevant articles of the Final Protocols, the commentary by the International Bureau, and the forms

Other decisions concerning the provisions of the Convention applicable to letter post and the Letter Post Regulations

Alphabetical index (will be published later in an update)

Abbreviations

(The abbreviations listed below are mainly used in the commentary)

A. Common abbreviations