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Despite the popularity of e-mail and social media, snail mail still has its place for those personal communications like birthday and Valentine cards.<\/p>\n
We take it for granted that we can pop a stamp on an envelope and post it, paying the same price wherever it goes in the UK.<\/p>\n
So let\u2019s spare a thought for the social reformer who invented the concept of a uniform penny post, back in the mid-19th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n That man was Sir Rowland Hill (1795 \u20131879) an English teacher and inventor from Kidderminster, Worcestershire.<\/p>\n He fought hard for a massive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of pre-payment, and is credited as the inventor of the postage stamp. The new system gave the country a safe, speedy and affordable postal service which was accessible to all.<\/p>\n Hill was a clever man, and became a student teacher at the age of 12. He taught astronomy and repaired scientific instruments to make his living.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever visited Kidderminster you may have seen a statue of Hill outside the town hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the popularity of e-mail and social media, snail mail still has its place for those personal communications like birthday and Valentine cards. We take it for granted that we can pop a stamp on an envelope and post it, paying the same price wherever it goes in the UK. So let\u2019s spare a thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Mailroom_and_Warehouse"],"yoast_head":"\n