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