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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1053

Great Britain
Postal History
The Inventor of the Postage Stamp. The Great Debate Between the Sons of Rowland Hill and James Chalmers
1880 (24 Nov.) after nearly a year Chalmers resumes with a six page letter on paper with embossed "oriental club", apparently prompted by him reading the recently published "The Life of Rowland Hill". Chalmers asks three questions, based on the personal claims of Rowland Hill claiming the merit of the adoption of the adhesive stamp:
1) Wanted to know whether a personal claim to this stamp was furnished to the parties who sent in plans for the Treasury Competition of 1839?
2) Who were the four parties who received a 'douceur' of £100 each and whether "that was given by way of acknowledgement of obligation due them in reference to this adhesive stamp?
3) Chalmers wondered why an independent tribunal had not been used to assess claims of other parties at the time of plans for stamp usage? Why did Rowland Hill assume that no-one had conceived or advocated the use of the adhesive stamp for postal use prior to 1837?; fine. Photo

literature:
Illustrated on page 29 of "Chalmers versus Hill" by Anthony Wicks

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