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