Between 1841 and 1879, British authorities issued billions of Penny Red stamps, serving a communication revolution driven by rising literacy rates that saw letter-writing boom. Philatelists are ...

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__1840: __Britain starts using adhesive postage stamps, with the "penny black" stamp allowing prepayment of postage at a fixed — and low — rate. The idea will stick. King Henry I of England started a ...

The stamp was seen as groundbreaking when it was released in 1840 as it was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp. It was followed by classics such as the Penny Red, Penny Lilac, and the 4d ...