Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Happy 175th Anniversary



 Especially for those who still post letters and cards-

6th May 1840 - a day that changed the world with the introduction of The Penny Black – the world's first pre-paid uniform rate postage stamp.
Posted by Scriptor Senex at 00:31

7 comments:

  1. Pondside6 May 2015 at 01:25

    I fear that we have come near to the end of letter mail. Stamps are so very expensive now and service has diminished over here. I remember when the mail was nearly sacred - not it's seldom!

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  2. Kay G.6 May 2015 at 02:31

    "Put a stamp on me and send me on my way".
    I love the post card that I received for my birthday that showed that on the postage area.
    THANK YOU! So lovely that you thought to put the stamp BELOW that so I could see those words! I love that!

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  3. ChrisJ6 May 2015 at 03:45

    I remember that from my much younger stamp collecting days -- not that I ever had one. My husband still has his stamp album from his childhood days. I think he's keeping it hidden to pass on to our boys when we're gone. They never collected stamps but they might find something profitable in their dad's.

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  4. ADRIAN6 May 2015 at 06:28

    Both Google and I thought the anniversary was last week.

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  5. Claire6 May 2015 at 08:39

    Oh yes, I remember seeing this on Google! I just wanted to let you know, John, I'm closing my Very Virginia blog (thank you SO much for following - it means a lot!!) But I have a new blog which I hope will be my home for many moons to come...
    http://womanofartandmind.blogspot.co.uk/
    And I hope to write a reply to your lovely letter asap - I do hope you are now fully recovered! <3 x

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  6. messymimi6 May 2015 at 11:30

    And then we went and ruined things for the post office by sending email! Stamps are fun and interesting, and i still like to send things in the mail.

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  7. Graham Edwards10 May 2015 at 09:21

    I'm not involved in Postcrossing or anything like that but I send lots of card, postcards and letters by snail mail. Many, perhaps the majority, go abroad. The post for a letter/card to NZ, for example, went up 5p this year from £1.28 to £1.33. OK so that's not going to break the bank or stop me sending missives by post but it is the equivalent of a shilling in one year. It would be interesting to compare that as a percentage increase over the percentage increase when postage was, for example, a shilling to NZ. Of course in those days postage didn't go up every year anyway.

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