Asia-Pacific
Postal Union (APPU) aims to extend, facilitate and improve
postal relations between the member countries and
promote cooperation in the field of postal services. By acting as
a regional centre of excellence APPU is taking Posts into the Future
by facilitating access to regulatory, operational and commercial best
practice. APPU
supports the interests of smaller and lower income members through
representation at Universal Postal Union (UPU) meetings
The history of the APPU dates back to a postal roundtable
held in Manila in 1961. At that
meeting 18 countries met
to draw up the Asian-Oceanic Postal Convention, which came into force on 1st April 1962. Thus the Asian Pacific Postal Union (AOPU) was born in 1962 and in due
course additional members have made it an inter-governmental body of 32
(thirty two) countries.
APPU
was based in Manila, the Philippines
for the first 40 years of its history in recognition of
the role played by the Philippines Government in its establishment. Since 2002 the APPU moved to Bangkok, Thailand and the Director
position was open to election by the member countries. The Director is
chosen at the APPU Congress for a term of four years, with a maximum of two
terms.:.(Source http://appu-bureau.org/appu/purpose/)
Philippines commemorated 15 years of AOPU in 1977. The Stamps show Flags of fourteen (14) member countries. The stamp has wrongly put the flag of ‘Kingdom of Laos' which was abandoned in 1975, in place of the current national flag.
Colour and denomination missing in the stamp above.
The flag of the erstwhile Kingdom of Laos used between 1952 and 1975.
The flag adopted by Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975
The stamp from Thailand commemorating 15th anniversary of AOPU shows flags of 11 (eleven) member countries including Lao People's democratic Republic flag (depicted correctly) .
Philippines stamps issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of APPU in 2012. Flags of all 32 member countries now appear on the stamps. Lao flag appears correctly in the new issue but mistake remains in the 'stamp on stamp'.
APPU , Executive Council (EC)
Meeting; Sri Lanka, 2014. It has flags of all 32 member countries.
The
2015 EC meeting was held in Islamabad,
Pakistan, March 24-28. Attended by more than 70 delegates and observers. Note: “APPU” has become “AAPU” in the Pak FDC.
APPU Executive Council (EC) comprises all the member-countries of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union meets in
principle once each year, while, APPU
CONGRESS: not later than two years after holding of each Universal Postal
Congress (UPU) in order to revise the Acts of the Union, if necessary, and to
consider, as necessary, other postal problems of common interest to
members
