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`On the occasion of the first anniversary of Asian-Oceanic Postal Union, the Ministry of Communications will issue a commemorative stamp on April 1, 1963, with a design depicting the map of Asia, Oceania and the envelopes on which the letters AOPU are shown. The aims of the Asian-Oceanic Postal Union is to form a single postal territory under the name of Asian-Oceanic Postal Union and to extend, facilitate and improve the postal relations between the member-countries, and to promote the international collaboration in the field of postal services. The establishment of the Union was jointly proposed by the Philippines and Korea. Of the eighteen countries invited by the Government of the Philippines, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaya, New Zealand and Thailand accepted the invitation and their representatives, together with those of the Philippines, held a conference from January 10 to 23, 1961 in Manila to deliberate and adopt the Convention of the proposed Union. This first meeting was denominated as the 1961 Manila Postal Conference. The Asian-Oceanic Postal Convention came into force on April 1, 1962 with ratification of the member-countries of the Union is now only four, but it is expected that many other countries in the areas will also join the Union in the near future.`