Wednesday 23 May 2012

FIRSTS IN 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 IndiaRafi 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 officeCalcutta GPO (1774)



  • First Philatelic exhibition in India conducted on - 1899 December



  • First Nehru Stamps issued on - 1964 


    Courtesy : http://manooss.blogspot.in/ & http://sapost.blogspot.in/

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