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PHILATELIC
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The
first post office was established by East India Company in
Calcutta in 1727. This was shifted to the Court House building
in 1762. |
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largest post office in India is the Bombay GPO |
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time in the world the Department of Posts, India issued a stamp
information brochure in Braille. |
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India
has the worlds largest postal network. With approximately 152781
post offices, India has 1 post office for around 6000 people and
for an area of 21 Sq Km. |
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airmail to be flown in the world was at Allahabad on February
18, 1911 |
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A
special case of mail literally "handed over" is
between Gangtok Head Post Office and the Yetung branch PO on the
China border. At Nathula on the Indo-China border a runner hands
over the mail bag to the official from Yetung and collects the
mail. This exchange takes place twice a week and only 3 minutes
is allowed for the exchange. |
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The
only Indian Post office outside India is the Dakshina Gangotri
PO formed on Antarctica under Goa Postal division on January 26,
1988 |
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The
first cancellation of India in space was done by Sq. Ldr Rakesh
Sharma on board Salyut - 7 space station. Lakshman Prasad of
Aligarh invented a special equipment for the cancellation of
mail. |
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highest post office in the world is the Hikkim branch PO,
PINCODE - 172114, in Spiti, at an altitude of 15,000 feet. |
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The
cancellation at the highest point in the World took place on May
10, 1996 when a set of four stamps with the FDC on Himalayan
Ecology were carried by team of Indo-Tibetian Border Police to
Mount Everest. The stamps were released at the base camp at a
height of 21,400 ft. |
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Padmakshy Amma is the first post woman in India. She joined the
Trivandrum Postal Division on February 19, 1959 |
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