For the first time, postage stamps were released in which of the following reign?

Q. For the first time, postage stamps were released in which of the following reign?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
Notes: India’s first adhesive stamp, the Scinde Dawk, was introduced in 1852 when Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India. It was introduced by Sir Bartle Frere, the British East India Company’s administrator of the province of Sind. These stampswere round in shape.

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