Philately, developed the WADP Numbering System (WNS). It was launched on 1 January 2002. The website displays entries for 160 countries and issuing postal entities, with over 25,000 stamps registered since 2002. Many of them have images, which generally remain copyrighted by the issuing country, but the UPU and WADP permit them to be downloaded. Electronic telecommunication In some countries, telegraph and later telephones came under the same government department as the postal system. Similarly there was an International Telegraph Bureau, based in Bern, akin to the UPU. The International Telecommunication Union currently facilitates international electronic communication. In order to integrate postal services and the Internet, the UPU sponsors .post. Developing their own standards, the UPU expects to unveil a whole new range of international digital postal services, including e-post. They have appointed a body, the .post group (DPG), to oversee the development of that platform. See also World Post Day List of postal entities List of national postal services S10 (UPU standard) Notes References Citations Sources External links Commercial treaties History of Bern International trade law International trade organizations July 1948 events October 1874 events Organisations based in Bern Organizations established in 1874 +A Postal systems Switzerland and the United Nations United Nations specialized agencies World government