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 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