world post day is October 9th

snapshotWdpColourEn_04Did you know?? World Post Day in on October 9th, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969.

Want to celebrate this international snail mail holiday?? Join this super-easy World Post Day Postcard Swap! The international swap is being hosted by mb58ca and is open to all swappers. For the swap, simply send ONE postcard to your ONE partner on Thursday, October 9th.

From the swap description:

The postcard is sender’s choice but a pc of a mailbox would be cool. On the back, write a note describing how letters/postcards can touch lives (in general or how they touch your life).

The goal is to have the postcards all mailed and cancelled ON October 9th in celebration of the holiday. Sign up by October 4th! Let’s make this a huge, international swap!

FYI: Postcrossing has more info about how postal services around the world will be celebrating World Post Day.