19th UPU Congress,
Hamburg/Salon der Philatelie zum XIX. Weltpostkongress, Hamburg
The 19th Congress of the Universal Postal Union was
held in Hamburg, West Germany, from 18 June to 27 July 1984. One of the decisions
of the congress was the definition of ATM labels (postage stamps that are
printed by electronic stamp vending machines). Also the third additional
protocol to the UPU Constitution was adopted.
The congress also decided to do away with the possibility
of holding special administrative conferences (the last one being the air mail
conference in The Hague in 1927).
From 19 to 26 June 1984 a philatelic exhibition was
held: Salon der Philatelie (philatelic salon). For the first time many
countries issued special stamps for this event. Also many postal
administrations attended the salon and used special postmarks.
Stamp catalogue
Benin 18
June 1984
Niger 20 June 1984