The UPU agreed an international parcel post service in a conference in Paris on 9th October 1880 for establishment on 1st October 1881. The service was difficult to introduce as in several countries the carriage of parcels was a monopoly of the railway companies, and Egypt, Great Britain, India, Canada and Italy all initially stated that there was no parcel service in their country. Parcels Post was eventually introduced in the UK on 1st August 1883 (and later renamed Parcel Post).
Below are sketches of the First Day as in The Illustrated London News published on 10th August 1883.
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