British postal history from December 1839 to May 1840

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26 April 2021
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Using rare and fascinating postal history items, including Mulready stationery and Parliamentary envelopes, Dr Nicholas Amor describes the very dawn of the stamp era and the postal reforms that took place in the 1830s and 1840s.

Discover the beginnings of the stamp era in this expert video from Dr Nicholas Amor of the Great Britain Philatelic Society.


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