Universal Postal Congress 1885

III. Universal Postal Congress
Venue	Lisbon , Portugal
Period	February 2 to March 21, 1885

The third Universal Postal Congress took place in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1885 .

At this congress, the Universal Postal Treaty of 1874 was supplemented by the introduction of a series of traffic facilitation measures and the approval of express delivery for letters. The Universal Postal Congress in 1885 expanded the postal package traffic and allowed telegraphic transfers in the postal order service. In addition, a new subsidiary agreement was concluded on the mail order service .

Insured letter agreement , Parcel contract , money order agreements, postal order agreements, agreements on passport books.

literature

• Heinrich von Stephan : Memorandum, regarding the general post-congress. Official Journal No. 15, August 3, 1871, pp. 154–156
• Concise dictionary of the postal system :
  • 1st edition; 1926: pp. 683-684
  • 2nd Edition; 1953: p. 780 (same article as in the 1st edition with additions)
  • 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; 1956: Erwin Müller-Fischer: Timeline for the history of the postal system
• History of the Deutsche Post
  • Volume 3: History of the Deutsche Reichspost 1871 to 1945 by Karl Sautter ; Federal Printing Office; Frankfurt; 1951
• Archive for German Postal History (Ed .: German Society for Postal and Telecommunications History ):
  • Marc Moser: 100 years of the Universal Postal Union; Part 1 in volume 1/1974 and part 2 in volume 1/1975

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Sautter: History of the Deutsche Post - Part 3 - History of the Deutsche Reichspost 1871 to 1945; P. 290
2. ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system; 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 189