Kochi Head Post Office Heritage Building

A Special Cover was released on the Kochi Head Post Office Heritage Building at Aluva on 6th November 2024. 

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Darjeeling Head Post Office

A Special cover was released at Darjeeling on 15th November 2021 to celebrate the Centenary of Darjeeling Head Post Office.

Tiabung Sub Post Office

A Special cover was released on 31st January 2021 on the Tiabung Sub Post Office which is said to be the First Post Office in Mizoram established in 1872.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Head Post office, Bhagalpur

A special cover was released at Patna on 13th February 2019 to celebrate 100 years of Bhagalpur Head Post Office.

Courtesy: Lalit Kumar Mishra, Patna.

World Post day

Every year 9th October is celebrated as World Post Day , the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Berne, Switzerland. It was decided to be celebrated as World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969.

Postal Vehicle - Russia

Russia Post issued a stamp on 26th April 2013 on Postal Vehicles of Russia.

The Russian Post is one of the oldest in Europe, it started in the 9th-10th centuries. The coachman driving was used to deliver written messages, then in the middle of the 18th century it was replaced by the Pochtovaya troika. At first it was a tandem team, later – three horses in a row. Initially three horses (“troika”) were quite a rare case but after some time it gained the popularity and was used for express messengers. Among their advantages there were high speed, endurance, large capacity and good passability.

The stamp depicts the process of winter mail delivery in the 18th century: three horses (“troika”), a postman and the mail bags.

India's first all-women Post Office.

Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and IT, has has inaugurated India’s first all-women post office at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on Women’s Day. (8th March 2013)

For details : Business Standard
                    Deccan Herald

Postal Week Celebrations in Mangalore

As part of Postal Day Celebrations, a one day Philatelic exhibition was held at Mangalore Head Post Office. The Senior Postmaster of Mangalore Head Post Office inaugurated the Exhibition. Members of D.K.Philatelic and Numismatic Association, Baikady Srinivas Rao, Mansoor Bolar, M.Prabhakar Kamath, Jane D'souza and Harriet Lasrado exhibited their collections. The general public and school children enjoyed the exhibition which was open from 10 AM to 5PM.

300 Years of Moscow Post Office

 On 21st October 2011, Russia released a set of 4 stamp and a Souvenir Sheet to celebrate 300 years of Moscow Post Office.

Some Post Offices of U.A.E

In this Post I take a look at some of the Post Office of U.A.E.

In the Bur Dubai area opposite the entrance to the Basitkya, you can see the Al Mussalla Post office.

The American University of Sharjah has a post office which is a mail collection center. They sell stamps but do not cancel mail. Mail is all processed in the Dubai Post Office

This is a typical suburban post office.

Head Post Office, Deira Dubai - Large and spacious Modern Post office.

Philately House - A Philatelic world inside.

Deira HPO has a philatelic section where you can buy many of the modern stamp issues  FDC  and other Philatelic materials of the UAE.

 

The Main Post Office building in Sharjah.

Thanks to Mrs.Vera Radnell for the beautiful Pics.

Philatelic Exhibition on Indian Cinema, Art and Culture of Karnataka.

It was a special occasion, for the first time a commemorative stamp on A film personality of Karnataka was released and it was on Dr.Rajkumar.(see my below entry to know more about Dr.Rajkumar)

A Philatelic Exhibition was arranged at the Head Post Office, Mangalore to mark this occasion on 3rd November. The exhibit was inaugurated by the Senior Postmaster Mr.G S Hungund, Speed Post Manager, Mr.Sudhakar Mallya, Philatelic Bureau In-charge Mr.Deepak Alvares and other staff from the Postal department were present. Mr. Krishnayya President Mr. Mansoor and Baikady Srinivas Rao from the D.K.Philatelic and Numismatic Association were also present.

Exhibits of M.K.Krishnayya and Baikady Srinivas Rao on the Art and Culture of Karnataka and Film, Dance and Cinema of K.Sridhar stole the limelight. A few of the exhibits of School students on the same subject were also present.

Students from many of the local schools, members of the public and media were present in large numbers.The Exhibition was open from 9.30 AM to 5.30 PM.

Also visit Mangaloremithr.com for the news and more photos

and www.megamedianews.in

Mangalore HPO under Project Arrow

The newly renovated Project Arrow Post Office (Head Post Office) Mangalore was inaugurated on 12th Saturday, September 2009 at 11.00 A.M by Sri. Vasumitra, IPS, Postmaster General, South Karnataka Region, Bangalore. Sri. K.M.Balakrishna, SSPO, Mangalore presided over the function and Sri. G.S.Hangund, Senior Postmaster, Mangalore was the guest of Honour.

Sri. Vasumitra described the various schemes of India Post under Project Arrow to the gathering, he also spoke of the future plans of India Post and said that most of the operations will be computerized, ATM facilities will be provided to the Savings Bank Account holders soon. He said that the Post Office is modernised to attract all class of customers. Later there was an interaction session for the Press and the general public.