Informations About Philately

What is the term describes collection of stamps, cover and other related items	Philately
Which country of the UPU is the only country not required to name itself on postage stamp?	UK
World’s most valuable stamp	British Guiana
who invented the aforementioned penny black	Sir Rowland Hill
What does the term ‘dead country’ mean in philately?	A former stamp-issuing entity that has ceased to issue its own stamps
The Most Visible Indian in the World of Stamps	Mahatma Gandhi
Outside India, it was the --------- that became the first country to issue Gandhi stamps. On January 26, 1961,	United States
The Post Office Act XVII of 1837 provided that the --------------------in Council had the exclusive right of conveying letters by post for hire within the territories of the East India Company.	Governor-General of India
The first stamps valid for postage throughout India were placed on sale	October 1854
The first pictorial stamps appeared in	1931
The printing of stamps at Nasik began in	1925
The First Stamp of Independent India was issued on the	21st of November, 1947
`The National Philatelic Museum of India was inaugurated on 6 July 1968 in	New Delhi
Which person has served as Postmaster General of the United States?	Benjamin Franklin
What is the difference between a commemorative and a definitive stamp?	Commemoratives honor a particular person, place or event and definitive stamp is a regular stamp
The first collector by purchasing the first postage stamp on the date of its issue May 1, 1840	Dr. John Edward Gray
The first multi-coloured stamps of the world were printed in India in 1854 by the East India Company,	portrait of Queen Victoria
The first series of commemorative stamps of India were the Air Mail stamps issued in	1929
The Philatelic Society if India, was established..	1897 in Calcutta
Which country's first stamp was called the 'Scinde Dawk'? More info: The name derives from the words 'Scinde', meaning Sindh, and 'Dawk', the anglicized form of the word 'Dak' or Post.	India
Who was the first Indian leader to be honored with a stamp	Mahatma Gandhi
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