Record of Postal services in Nepal
Commencement of the postal service in Nepal
It was during unification of
different principalities into Nepuil that Kmg Prithvinarayan Shah commenced the
postal service by commisumng a trend to carry postal items in between a 55 km
distuACed Dutuihoi- Makwanpur and in between Lamjung-Nuwakot with a distunce af
15 km in 1818.
Use of Nepali postal stamps to India
The system of using Nepali stamps in
India bound leters sturteË since N35.
Establishment of exchange post offices
With eight exchange post offices
along the Nepal-india border ihe system of two way exchanging postal materials
started in 1940.
Commencement of the domestic air pestal service
Use of air postal service commenced
in 1953.
Commencement of Nepali postal stamps
In 1881, inland postal stamps were
issued first time with a series of 4, 8 and 15 paisa.
Commencement of postal service to the outer world
The British Residency in Kathmandu
started postal service to the outer world that Nepali people also used it since
1881.
Commencement of the money order system
Postal Money Order system started in
1934 from Kathmandu to Biratnagar, Dhankuta, Birgunj and Palpa.
Nepal as a member of the world postal body
Nepal got the membership the World Postal
Union in 1954.
Nepali postal stamps throughout the world
In 1959, Nepali postal stamps became
eligible for any part of the world.
Foundation of the postal museum
The Nepal Postal Museum was
established in 1972 that got later integrated into the National Museum in 1988.
Biggest letter box
There is the biggest letterbox of
Nepal at the premises of the District Post Office of Saptari, Ward no. 1 in the
Rajbiraj Municipality.
Biggest postal forgery
A gang of 8 staff in the General Post
Office forged more than a sum of NRs. 1, 58, 20,000, an amount of insurance for
which they were arrested on February 3, 1987.
Records of Philately in Nepal
First philatelist
Kishan Lal, an employee at the Nepal
Residency (British Embassy), Lainchaur, Kathmandu, had started collecting
Nepali postage stamps as a hobby since 1892.
First philatelic exhibition
The first philatelic exhibition took
place at the Tri-Chandra College in 1952.
First philatelic club
The Himalayan Hobby Club was founded
by a group interested in philately in 1949.
Foundation of the first philatelic bureau
Nepal Philatelic Bureau was
established in 1960 at the governmental level.
First national philatelic exhibition
The first national exhibition of
philately was held in 1966.
Foundation of the Nepal philatelic society
The Nepal Philatelic Society established
in 1966.
First South Asia philatelic exhibition
'Nephil 01' the first South Asian
exhibition of philately was organized in 2000 in Kathmandu.
First litterateur emerged in postal stamp
Adi Kavi Bhanubhakta Acharya, the
foremost pioneer poet of the Nepali literature was the first person to appear
on postage stamp on July 13, 1962.
First artist in postal stamp
Arniko, a 13th Century's artist,
sculptor and architect was displayed on the postal stamp on April 13, 1972.
First triangular postal stamp
Department of Post issued a
triangular stamp on 15th Dec. 1955, commemorating the occasion of Nepal's entry
to the United Nations.