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Today was the day Alexander Graham Bell ,Man who invented the telephone was born.This blog post looks at the stamps released by India and worldwide to honor this great personality, who changed the way world communicates.
Alexander Graham Bell is credited for many other groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. Very less people know that Alexander Graham was one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.
Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847.As a child, young Alexander displayed curiosity about world around him, resulting in gathering botanical specimens as well as experimenting even at an early age.
At 15 the young Bell spent a year of study with his grandfather in London. By 16 he was studying at London University and teaching the hearing-impaired. Graham Bell had to battle with the dreaded tuberculosis disease which eventually took lives of his two brothers. Bell too had a bout of the disease, though survived healthily enough for his family to immigrate to Canada in 1870.
On March 12,1876, working in his Boston laboratory at 5 Exeter Place, Alexander Graham Bell uttered those famous words: “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
And the world of communications changed forever.
India Post Honored Alexander Graham Bell with a commemorative stamp to mark his birth centenary in 1876
First Day Cover Of The Stamp Of Alexander Graham Bell
| Stamp From Canada On Graham Bell |
Stamp From United States On Graham Bell |
Stamp Released By Poland On Alexander Graham Bell
Set Of Stamps From Grenada Marking Centenary Of Alexander Graham Bell
Miniature Sheet From Italy On Alexander Graham Bell
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