British mail service expands as adhesive postage stamp used for the first time

Category
Invention
Place
United Kingdom
Date
1840
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Rowland Hill was an educationalist who suggested in 1837 several post office reforms including the postage stamp. The cost for mailing was to be prepaid by the sender--based on weight rather than the distance travelled. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Category
Inventions
-3800
2020
Transcultural