The Adhesive Postage Stamp
Patrick Chalmers
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The Adhesive Postage Stamp

Patrick Chalmers
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The Adhesive Postage Stamp argues the claim of Patrick Chalmers (1777-1854), the Scottish bookseller and reformer, that his father James Chalmers of Dundee, not Rowland Hill, originated the adhesive postage stamp. Chalmers campaigned to establish the family’s priority in the great postal reform that gave the world the Penny Black. The pamphlet is a primary document in one of philately’s enduring priority disputes. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.

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Patrick Chalmers

Patrick Chalmers devoted his postal-history writing to securing recognition for his father, James Chalmers, in accounts of the adhesive postage stamp. The Adhesive Postage Stamp develops that claim through official correspondence, petitions, and arguments about the reforms associated with Rowland Hill and penny postage. Project…

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