Interesting Philatelic Facts

• The first postage stamp of the world: Penny Black
• Date of issue of the first stamp : May 1, 1840
• The first stamp was available for sale to the public on : May 6,1840
• The first stamp of India : Scine Dawk.
• The year India's first stamp appeared : 1852
• The year of issueof the first postcard: 1869
• The first country to Issue the postcard : Austria
• The date of issue of the first stamp of travancore : October 16,1888
• The date of issue of the first stamp of cochin : April 1, 1892
• The man who was responsable for the first stamp of the world : Sir Rowland Hill
• The personality depicted on penny Black: Queen Victoria of England
• What is the study of post cards called ?: Deltiology
• The date of issue of independent India's first stamps: November21,1947
• The price of the first stamp of india with the state emblem,the Ashokan Capital: 1.5 annas
• Whose birth centenary had a commemorative stamp on july 23,1956 ? : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• The First Person depcted on free India's stamp : Mahatma Gandhi(1948)
• The first women to appear on an Indian stamp : MeeraBai
• The world's costliest stamp: British Guiana,1 cent,1856
• The disciple of jesus Christ on Whom a Commemorative stamp was issued : St Thomas
• The inscription on Indian stamps until 1882: East India Postage
• The country with the largest number of post offices: India
• The slogan used for stamping the mail on the first Independence Day : Jai Hind
• The oldest postal services in the world : in China, 4000 B.C.
• The oldest state post of modern times permitting the circulation of private correspondence: France, 1464
• The only countries to grant their citizens free postage: Andorra and Greenland
• The first stamp issued outside the UK: New York City, Feb 1, 1842
• The first Stamp In Asia : Scinde Dawk Of India.
• The first African stamp: Cape of Good Hope triangulars, Sept.1, 1853
• The first government issue of stamps outside the U.K.:Zurich,Switzerland (March 1, 1843)
• Beginning of Post Office savings bank in India: 1882
• The introduction of postal index number (PIN) in India: August 15, 1972
• The year India achieved the world record of one lakh post offices: 1968
• The year inland letter card was introduced : 1950
• The first international philatelic exhibition was held in : Frankfurt (1887)