Anjuman

  History Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of India Patna General Post Office First general post office opened in Kolkatta on 01-04-1774 Stamps issued on 01-10-1854 in India( All the stamps of four value issued in clarge form) The Indian Postal Services were established in the current format largely under the East India Company. It was first established under the name "Company Mail". In 1688, the first post office of the Company Post was established at Kolkata in the Dancing House Haveli of Navab Siraju Daula situated in Tank Squire of Kolkata on 01-04-1774. The system was reorganized and the service opened to the East India Company by Warren Hastings , the first governor general of Bengal with supervisory powers over Bombay and Madras, in 1774. A Postmaster General was appointed @ 500/- P.M. Assisted by one Assistant, two clerks, one officer, seven sorters, and 15 postmen were appointed and metal ticket