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Postage
Stamps History
The
knowledge about when the very first stamp was created can actually help stamp
collectors to know that from when this best hobby was begun. Also, it will let
the collectors to know the huge history of the awesome art of stamps. The
complete knowledge and understanding can really help stamp collectors to understand
the perfect beauty of amazing art.
The first
ever postage stamps in the world,the Penny Black were introduced in May 1840.
This may truly be what you call a glance of postage stamps history. You may be confused
-before this time period, how did people send and receive mails and what made
them think of having postage stamps instead?
The time
before introducing the Envelope and the Postage Stamp
Postage
stamps have assisted in the delivery of letters and mail since the 1840s.
Before the introducing of postage stamps, ink and hand-stamps (thus the word --
stamp) which were made from wood or cork were used. The hand-stamps and ink were
used to frank the mail and verify the payment of postage.
When the
postal service first operated, stamps and envelopes did not exist yet. Truth
is, people do not like to use envelopes because they were deemed as an extra
sheet of paper that actually makes the overall cost of sending mail more
expensive. If you are going to send a letter, you only have to fold the paper
and seal it closed. Then, the person who will receive your letter have to pay
for the delivery fees. Because the fees back then were very high, a lot of
people tend to refuse accepting letters. Some people even thought of writing
secret codes to mislead the postal services. On the outside of the letter, they
would write secret marks that shows the message and all the recipient had to do
was read the secret message, refuse to accept the letter, and so they do not
have to pay any fee for it. Because of this, postal services have reinstated to
a system wherein postage has to be paid first, and this time, the sender would
be the one to pay for all postage fees.
Rowland
Hill and the Post Office Reform
Rowland Hill
(an English teacher, inventor and social reformer) campaigned for a widespread
postal office reform in 1835. His approval paved the way for the approval of
the Uniform Penny Post -- postage rates were based on weight more than the size
of the mail. Rowland Hill invented the first sticky postage stamp in 1837, --
the beginning of postage stamps history -- in which he was knighted for it. The
Penny Black, the ideal piece in postage stamps history, was issued in 1840 in
England. The issuing of postage stamps made the pre-payment of letters and mail
possible, cheap and practical.
The First
Use of the Postage Stamps
The first
postage stamp which costs one penny was designed by Sir Rowland Hill. It became
known everywhere as the Penny Black due to the fact that the postage stamp was
printed in black, in postage stamps history -- the world's very first postage
stamp.
On May 1,
1840, the first postage stamp in history, the Penny Black, became available to
the public.And it was confirmed as of May 6, 1840. After two days, on May 8,
1840, the Two Penny Blue was released. These 2 stamps show an engraved visage
of Queen Victoria. Because the first stamps at that time were separated from
their sheets by cutting devices (most likely scissors), both stamps do not have
perforations.
There was no
need to include the name of the country on the postage stamps ever since the
first issues of postage stamps were released. In fact, the United Kingdom is the
only country that does not have its name printed on its postage stamps.And they
use the currently ruling royalty's head as their simple means of
identification.
After the launching
of the postage stamps in the United Kingdom, the use of prepaid postage system
had radically sped up the number of letters and other paraphernalia being sent.
Before 1839, it was guessed that the number of letters sent that time was 76
million. Itincreased five times to about 350 million during 1850, and it
continued to grow considerably afterwards, up until the end of the 20th century
when more modern methods of implying postage-paid substantially lowered the use
of delivery systems that require the presence of postage stamps.
The Rise
of the Stamp Collectors
Theexisting
of stamps has triggered the rise of stamp collectors and the postage stamps of
every country became highly collectible. Shortly after the introduction of sticky
postage stamps in 1840, people began to collect them. Little did they know that
their latest passion for collecting stamps could perhaps become a widespread
phenomenon and that some of the postage stamps they may have could gather in a
lot of serious money.
Before the
stamps were not available for the postage process, in that era, the receiver of
the letter had to pay the postage charge of the letter instead of the sender.
That process was simply problematic for the receiver as they have to pay for
the postage letters and sometimes many receivers simply refuse to accept or pay
for the letter. So, because of that, many times the senders simply write the
secret message on envelop and as soon as the receiver just read the message on
envelope, he never pays for the letter he received.
The World
of Philately
Philately refers
to thepostage stamps history, study of stamps, and other things related to
postage stamps. Stamp collecting does not significantly include the study of
stamps. In fact, even if you do not own any stamps you can be called a
philatelist. A good example for this is that the postage stamps being studied
by a philatelist might be the very rare ones that have notable historical value
in postage stamps history, or ones that can only be found kept in museums
nowadays.
