Rowland Hill and the origins of the penny black
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In 1854 Hill became Chief Secretary of the UK post office and was able to use his remarkable administrative skills in innovative ways. He was the one to introduce adhesives on stamps. He is credited with designing the first penny stamp and regularizing prepaid postage for a penny in the UK.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1995
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Recollections of Bogert & Durbin stamp company
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R.R. Bogert and E.B. Hanes were principal founders of the Bogert & Durbin Co, a stamp dealing company, in 1891. The two also founded a stamp collectors newsletter, The Philatelic Monthly and World, in 1892. Both men had large, well-known stamp stores on the East Coast.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1995
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Confederate postmasters' provisional stamps
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Documents from Columbia, SC support the existence of provisional stamps being issued by the confederacy during the Civil War. The hand stamped envelopes and their cancellations are described. Some of the research needed to discover this slice of history is recounted.
Publication Name: Stamps
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0038-9358
Year: 1995
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