POSTAL HISTORY

First Indian Post Office in Antartica – Maitri (Dakshin Gangothri) (under Goa Postal Division) 

First PIN Number - PIN 110001 (Parliament Street HO) 

First Nehru Stamp issued in the year– 1964 

First Communication Minister of Independent India- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 

First matrimony website in India, have a tie up with Indiapost – Bharath Matrimony.com 

First diamond shaped stamp issued by – Nova Scotia in 1851 

First triangular shaped stamp issued by - Cape Good Hope in 1853 

First polygonal shaped stamp issued by – Britain in 1847 

First Oval shaped stamp issued by – Bhor (an Indian state in 1879) 

First Postal stamp in the world - Penny Black issued on 6th May 1840 

First Indian Postage stamp - Scinde Dawk (issued in 1852) 

First Kerala Personality depicted in Indian Postage stamps - Sri Narayana Guru 

First Kerala Personality who twice was depicted in Indian Postage Stamps - V K Krishna Menon 

First country issued New Year greeting cards through Postal Service - China 

First country issued postal stamps emitting jasmine fragrance - Thailand 

First country issued postal stamps emitting chocolate odour - Switzerland 

First personality in whose name the first commemorative stamp was issued while he was alive - Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Indian Personality who was depicted in foreign stamps - Mahatma Gandhi

First Children's day stamps issued on: 14th November 1957

First Air Mail Service in the world took place: between Allahabad and Naini in India (1911)

First bicolour postage stamp issued in the world - Queen Victoria (October 1854) issued in India

First tricolour postal stamp issued in the world - Basel Dove (01.07.1845) issued in Switzerland

First Pictorial stamp in India - Purana Quilla (1931)

First Indian state having Post Offices in all villages - Kerala

First Postage stamp in Independent India issued on - 21.11.1947

First postal 'date stamp' in the world devised by - Colonel Henry Bishop (Postmaster General Britain)

First Cine Actress portrayed on Indian Postage stamps - Nargis Dutt

First women dancer portrayed on Indian Postage Stamps - Rukmini Devi

First communication minister of Independent India - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

First commemorative stamp issued by - Romania

India's first General Post office- Calcutta GPO (1774)

First Philatelic exhibition in India conducted on - 1899 December

First Nehru Stamps issued on - 1964 


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