Port Lockroy on Antarctica’s Goudier Island operates as the world’s southernmost post office, staffed by a few postal clerks amidst a colony of more than 3,000 gentoo penguins. About 70,000 postcards ...
Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples. Homing pigeons–which are pigeons trained by humans ...
World Post Day 2025 is being celebrated today, October 9, 2025. This day honours the important role that postal services play in connecting people across the world. This day marks the anniversary of ...
World Post Day is celebrated every year on October 9, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 through the Berne Declaration. It was declared World Post Day by ...