Philately Day - 11.10.2023

Pin code was introduced on __________

• 15 July 1973

• 15 July 1977

• 15 August 1972

• 15 August 1973

Who was the first Communication Minister of Independent India

• Syam Prasad Mukarjee

• Rafi Ahmed Kidwaj

• Jagajjivan Ram

• C D Deshmukh

What was the first News paper to be Honored on Postal Stamp

• Times of India

• The Hindu

• Hindustan Times

• Deccan Chronicle

First Postage stamp in India was

• Multhani Dawk

• Scinde Dawk

• Pahadi Dak

• Bombay Sapper.

Which was the first Gandhi Stamp?

• Rs.1 stamp in 1947

• Rs.1 stamp in 1949

• Rs.10 stamp in 1950

• Rs.10 stamp in 1948

Who was the first women to be featured on an Indian Postage stamp?

• Meera Bai

• Jhansi Laxmi Bai

• Rani Rudrama Devi

• Sarojini Naidu

Where was the India’s first General Post Office or GPO established?

• Kolkatta

• Hyderabad

• Mumbai

• New Delhi

Who coined the word Philately?

• Rowland Hill

• Abraham Lincon.

• Roosevelt

• Georges Herpin.

What was the world’s first Postage stamp?

• Scinde Dawk

• King George V

• 10 Rupees Gandhi stamp

• The penny Black

Where is National Philately Museum located?

• Mumbai

• Chennai

• New Delhi

• Kolkatta