The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER VII.
STAMPS (1840).
Mr. Edwin Hill’s Appointment, 392—The Mulready Envelope, 393—Number of Letters in the First Quarter, 395—Official Dignity, 396—First Issue of Stamps, 397—Attempts at Forgery. Obliteration of Stamps, 399—The Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes and Mr. Edwin Hill, 405—Manufacture of Stamps, 406—Number Issued, 407.