2024Postage Stamp Day - Universal Postal Service - First Day Cover

The story behind this postage stamp is linked to an initiative of the Slovak Postcrossing community, which is part of a private Portuguese on-line project. After registration at www.postcrossing.com, users can exchange postcards. The project was launched in 2005 and soon became a global phenomenon. As the owners of the Postcrossing trademark have not allowed Slovak post to use the logotype of the project within the design of a postage stamp intended to present a futuristic aspect of sending letters, and that is why the name of issue was changed on the universal service. Within Slovakia this is understood as the delivery of letters up to 50 g and also includes postcards. Although they are generally classified as slips, i.e. open postal items up to 20 g, this weight class was cancelled in Slovakia in 2006. So, what does it means the universal service?