Western Odisha will get first Philatelic Bureau
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By Express News Service
SAMBALPUR: The first Philatelic Bureau of Western Odisha was unveiled on Sambalpur Head Post Office premises on Saturday.
The bureau, seventy fifth workplace of the Philatelic Bureau of India, was inaugurated by Sambalpur Lok Sabha Member Nitesh Ganga Deb in presence of Postmaster General, Sambalpur Region Lalitendu Pradhan.
Philatelists and stamp collectors fascinated with Indian postage stamps can now make off-the-counter purchases or by inserting order by put up with the bureau.
The first Philatelic Bureau in Odisha was opened in Cuttack on August 15, 1948. The second bureau began functioning in Bhubaneswar on October 9, 2001. Sambalpur is the third Philatelic Bureau within the state.
