– How do Postal stamps work? How does each country gets its share of fees for postal work done when a letter has to be passed through multiple countries’ postal systems before reaching its destination?

Question

– How do Postal stamps work? How does each country gets its share of fees for postal work done when a letter has to be passed through multiple countries’ postal systems before reaching its destination?

In: Economics

Answer 1

The Universal Postal Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system [[wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union) – includes a lot of history prior to the UPU)