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Tiruchirappalli
Philatelic
Bureau....
The
first
philatelic
Society
in
India
was
founded
in
Calcutta
on
6
March
1897
to
service
postage-stamp
collections.
Function
include
design,
printing
and
distribution
of
special
or
commemorative
postage
stamps,
definitive
postage
stamps
and
items
of
postal
stationery,
promotion
of
philately,
conduct
of
philatelic
examinations
at
the
national
level,
participation
in
international
exhibitions
and
monitoring
exhibitions
at
the
state,
regional
and
district
levels
and
maintenance
of
the
National
Philatelic
Museum.
Philatelic
bureaus
were
established
in
head
post
offices
located
at
circle
headquarters
and
at
district-capital
head
post
offices
(as
necessary).
There
are
68
philately
bureaus
and
1111
philatelic
counters,
including
all
head
post
offices
(Mukhya
Dak
Ghars)
in
the
country
as
of
31
March
2011.[26]:44Â A
domestic
philatelic
deposit-account
system
was
introduced
on
1
August
1965
at
all
philatelic
bureaus.
Customers
are
given
priority
in
purchasing commemorative or
special-issue
stamps, first-day
covers and
information
sheets
soon
after
their
issue
by
opening
a
deposit
account
at
any
philatelic
bureau.
The
number
of
philately
deposit-accountholders
grew
from
23,905
in
1999–2000
to
168,282
in
2006–2007
and
183,202
in
2008–2009.
Four
philatelic
Bureaus—the Bombay, Madras, Calcutta and
Parliament
Street,
New
Delhi
GPOs
are
authorized
to
sell United
Nations
stamps.
A
quarterly
philatelic
magazine, Philapost,
was
launched
in
2008.
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