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Significance of post office with Indian address in Antarctica

The Antarctica has 2 research stations - Maitri and Bharati - both are a part of the Goa postal division and their location being 3,000 km apart.

07 April 2024, 07:54 IST

Significance of post office with Indian address in Antarctica

Significance of post office with Indian address in Antarctica

Significance of post office with Indian address in Antarctica

07 April 2024, 07:54 IST

When trade cards, match boxes and stamps pay homage to Lord Ram

Bengaluru-based Sushil Mehra who has been a collector of stamps for nearly 50 years now says yesterday was a good day for philatelists. To mark the Ram temple consecration, PM Narendra Modi had released a series of commemorative postage stamps as well as a book featuring Ram stamps from around the world.

19 January 2024, 10:35 IST

When trade cards, match boxes and stamps pay homage to Lord Ram

When trade cards, match boxes and stamps pay homage to Lord Ram

When trade cards, match boxes and stamps pay homage to Lord Ram

19 January 2024, 10:35 IST

First piece of mail sent using Penny Black stamp could be sold for $2.5 mn

The idea of Penny Black as the world's first adhesive stamp was envisaged by teacher and social reformer Sir Rowland Hill, to standardise the complex and expensive postal rates.

12 January 2024, 07:05 IST

First piece of mail sent using Penny Black stamp could be sold for $2.5 mn

First piece of mail sent using Penny Black stamp could be sold for $2.5 mn

First piece of mail sent using Penny Black stamp could be sold for $2.5 mn

12 January 2024, 07:05 IST

India’s freedom through postal collection

Two avid philatelists from Bengaluru capture key moments and personalities of our independence in a book

03 May 2022, 18:24 IST

India’s freedom through postal collection

India’s freedom through postal collection

India’s freedom through postal collection

03 May 2022, 18:24 IST