South Africa - World Post Day

Every year on 9 October is World Post Day. The day has been celebrated each year on 9 October, since 1969, to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) establishment in 1874.



South Africa issued a commemorative stamp to mark the 2007 WPD on Oct 9. The stamp issued commemorates the first public exchange telephone switchboard installed in Port Elizabeth in 1882. Read here - SA Post.

South Africa - World Post Day (2007)

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The first telephone exchange in South Africa opened in Port Elizabeth on 2 May 1882. The exchange was located on the third floor of a castle-like building at the corner of Main and Jetty Streets in Port Elizabeth, later known as “Union Castle Corner.” The building was built by the London & South Arican Bank, who sold it to the South African Government for the sum of £10,000 in 1877. The building was subsequently demolished and replaced by the General Post Office building in 1900.

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