The Heritage Electric Theatre, on the Anna Road Head Post Office campus, is soon going to turn into a Museum exclusively for Philately, Stamp collection.
It will be the first of its kind launched by the India Post which runs similar museums at New Delhi and Agra.
It will have replicas of some of the oldest stamps and special covers in the country.
The Electric Theatre, established in 1913, was the first theatre to screen silent films in Mount Road.
At present, the theatre hosts a permanent philatelic exhibition with different themes every month.