 The eight Australasian colonies (South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New Zealand, British New Guinea and Fiji) and the other separate postal services of the colonies joined the UPU in 1891.By 1909/10, over 118 million parcels annually were being carried in the U.K., around 2.5% of which were international.The United States, as a signatory, started foreign parcel services in 1887 but did not institute domestic services until 1913.