SPS Cooperative 20 years of excellence

Thanks to efforts from members, volume growth of the SPS network has increased by more than 150%, proof that today SPS is commercially and strategically important for postal operators and their customers.

In 2019, SPS Cooperative members came together for a very special celebration of 20 years since the founding of the SPS Cooperative. The importance of SPS was underlined by members by travelling to UPU headquarters in Berne in March 2019 to celebrate the achievements of the SPS Cooperative, including presentations from chief executives from Brazil Post, Cayman Islands Post, and China Post. Members at the event were also first to view a new video celebrating the achievements of the SPS Cooperative (above).

As part of the 20th anniversary celebrations the SPS Cooperative /en/20th-anniversary-stampheld an photo competition, ‘SPS connecting the world’. SPS postal operators sent some creative images showing the importance of SPS around the world. Congratulations to the winning entry Vanuatu. Other winners were joint second place for Georgia and Latvia. Third place went to Viet Nam.

Members around the word are showing their pride in SPS by issuing an SPS Cooperative commemorative stamp celebrating the SPS Cooperative’s 20th anniversary. The SPS stamp was launched in 2019 on 10 September, the exact date of the founding of the SPS Cooperative.

Special event at the 22nd SPS Cooperative General Assembly

CEOs: (left to right) Madagascar, Gibraltar, Greece, Brazil, China, Cayman Islands

Special remarks from Dr LIU Aili, Chairman, China Post Group

Reception special remarks from founding Board member, Akio Miyaji, Japan Post

SPS Cooperative Chair with SPS Unit staff (past and present)

The SPS Cooperative was created at the 22nd Congress of the Universal Postal Union, a specialized United Nations agency, in Beijing, China, on 10 September 1999.

Over 70 million SPS items delivered in 2018 - serving over 5 billion citizens of member posts