Members of the Universal Postal Union and Australia .............................................. 1 October 1907 Norfolk Island Their Join Dates Austria [Note 2] .................................................... 1 July 1875 Azerbaijan ................................................... 1 April 1993 Special Acknowledgement. A large portion of the following Bahamas ................................................. 24 April 1974 information is taken from UPU Specimen Stamps, written and Bahrain ......................................... 21 December 1973 published 1988 by James Bendon. He has most graciously given Bangladesh ............................................. 7 February 1973 the UPSS permission to extract portions of his book for this Barbados ........................................ 11 November 1967 website, and to amend and alter that information to suit the Belarus [Note 3] .................................................. 13 May 1947 particular needs of this UPSS endeavor. For this generosity, the Belgium .................................................... 1 July 1875 UPSS, and collectors of postal stationery, are most grateful. Belize .............................................. 1 October 1982 Some information, such as the list of current UPU members, was Benin ................................................. 27 April 1961 taken from the UPU website, and other sources. Bhutan ................................................. 7 March 1969 Bolivia ................................................... 1 April 1886 The 192 members of the Universal Postal Union are listed below Bosnia and Herzegovina ...................................... 26 January 1993 in alphabetical order, with the date of membership. Members are Botswana ............................................. 12 January 1968 the Vatican City and the 193 UN members except Andorra, Brazil [Note 4] .................................................... 1 July 1877 Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. Brunei Darussalam ............................................. 15 January 1985 By virtue of article 23 of the UPU Constitution, dependencies of British Overseas Territories ....................................... 1 April 1877 UPU member states are covered by their membership, but there Anguilla are two exceptions: the British Overseas Territories have a joint Bermuda membership, separate from that of the United Kingdom, and British Indian Ocean Territory Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten have a joint membership, British Virgin Islands separate from that of the Netherlands. These members were Cayman Islands originally listed separately as "Colonies, Protectorates, etc." in Falkland Islands the Treaty of Bern of 1874 and the Constitution of the Universal Gibraltar Postal Union of 1964 grandfathered them when membership was Montserrat restricted to sovereign states. Territories covered by a sovereign Pitcairn Islands member state are listed under that country. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Before 10 July 1964, states became members of the UPU by Dependencies of St Helena ratifying the latest version of the Treaty of Bern. After that date, Ascension states now become members by ratifying the Constitution of the Tristan da Cunha Universal Postal Union, which incorporated the Treaty of Bern Turks and Caicos Islands and added provisions to it. In 1964, states that had become Bulgaria .................................................... 1 July 1879 members of the UPU by ratifying the Treaty of Bern were Burkina Faso [Note 5] ........................................... 29 March 1963 deemed to have ratified the Constitution of the Universal Postal Burundi ................................................... 6 April 1963 Union Cambodia ......................................... 21 December 1951 Cameroon .................................................. 26 July 1960 The join dates shown are generally those of the independent Canada .................................................... 1 July 1878 country and/or latest name for the country, according to the UPU. Cape Verde ........................................ 30 September 1976 In some cases, especially following WW II, some defeated or Central African Republic (Ubangi-Shjari) .............. 28 June 1961 countries that regained previously lost independence rejoined the Chad .................................................. 23 June 1961 UPU, and the latest dates are shown. A name in parentheses is a Chile ................................................... 1 April 1881 predecessor name of the country. Following this list is a China [Note 6] ................................................. 1 March 1914 compilation of many former names of countries, with their start Hong Kong [Note 7] and end dates. Lastly is a compilation of special arrangements Macao made with the colonial powers, and large countries such as Colombia .................................................... 1 July 1881 China. Comoros .................................................. 29 July 1976 Congo, Democratic Rep. of the [Note 8] ............ 1 January 1886] Congo, Republic of (French Congo) ......................... 5 July 1961 Current UPU Member Countries (June 2014) Costa Rica ............................................... 1 January 1883 Afghanistan .................................................. 1 April 1928 Ivory Coast .................................................. 23 May 1961 Albania ................................................ 1 March 1922 Croatia .................................................. 20 July 1992 Algeria .............................................. 1 October 1907 Cuba .............................................. 4 October 1902 Angola ................................................ 1 March 1977 Cyprus ........................................ 23 November 1961 Antigua and Barbuda .......................................... 20 January 1994 Czech Republic ............................................... 18 March 1993 Argentina .................................................. 1 April 1878 Denmark .................................................... 1 July 1875 Armenia ............................................ 14 October 1992 Faroe Islands Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten [note 1] ............... 1 July 1875 Greenland Aruba Djibouti .................................................... 6 June 1978 Curaçao Dominica ............................................. 31 January 1980 Sint Maarten Dominican Republic ............................................. 1 October 1880 Ecuador .................................................... 1 July 1880 Luxembourg .................................................... 1 July 1875 Egypt [Note 9] .................................................... 1 July 1875 Macedonia .................................................. 12 July 1993 El Salvador .................................................. 1 April 1879 Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) ................... 2 November 1961 Equatorial Guinea .................................................. 24 July 1970 Malawi (Nyasaland) .......................................... 25 October 1966 Eritrea ............................................. 19 August 1993 Malaysia (Malaya) [Note 16] ........................... 17 January 1958 Estonia [Note 10] ................................................ 30 April 1992 Maldives .............................................. 15 August 1967 Ethiopia .......................................... 1 November 1908 Mali (French Sudan) [Note 17] .............................. 21 April 1961 Fiji ................................................. 18 June 1971 Malta .................................................. 21 May 1965 Finland .......................................... 12 February 1918 Mauritania ............................................... 22 March 1967 France .............................................. 1 January 1876 Mauritius .............................................. 29 August 1969 French Overseas Departments Mexico ................................................... 1 April 1879 French Guiana Moldova ........................................ 16 November 1992 Guadeloupe (plus Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin) Monaco ............................................ 12 October 1955 Martinique Mongolia .............................................. 24 August 1963 Réunion Montenegro (Yugoslavia) ........................................ 26 July 2006 Mayotte Morocco .............................................. 1 October 1920 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Mozambique ............................................ 11 October 1978 Territories coming within the UPU's jurisdiction by virtue of Myanmar (Burma) .............................................. 4 October 1949 article 23 of the UPU Constitution Namibia (South West Africa) ................................. 30 April 1992 French Polynesia (including Clipperton Island) Nauru ................................................. 17 April 1969 French Southern and Antarctic Lands Nepal ............................................ 11 October 1956 New Caledonia Netherlands .................................................... 1 July 1875 Wallis and Futuna New Zealand (including the Ross Dependency) .. 1 October 1907 Gabon .................................................. 17 July 1961 Cook Islands (Free Association with New Zealand) Gambia .............................................