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THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP.
DECISION OF THE
"ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA":
James Chalmers was the Inventor of the Adhesive Stamp—"Mr. Pearson Hill has not weakened the Evidence" to that effect.
ALSO
Papers on the Penny Postage Reform,
BEQUEATHED BY THE LATE
SIR HENRY COLE.
James Chalmers first proposed the adoption of the Adhesive Postage Stamp, of which he was the Inventor.
BY
PATRICK CHALMERS,
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
LONDON: EFFINGHAM WILSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1886. Price Sixpence.
PREFACE.
THE PENNY POSTAGE SCHEME OF SIR ROWLAND HILL NOT ORIGINAL.
THE IMPRESSED STAMP.
FOOTNOTE:
THE ADHESIVE STAMP.
FOOTNOTES:
SIR HENRY COLE'S PAPERS
AND THE
ADHESIVE STAMP OF MR. CHALMERS.
FOOTNOTES:
THE "ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA."
FOOTNOTES:
VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE ADHESIVE STAMP.
FOOTNOTE:
CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX.
OPINIONS FROM THE PRESS.
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