Do you know the origin of the first stamp?

One summer in 1836, Mr. Roland Hill, a teacher in England, was taking refuge in a village outside London. One day, while he was taking a walk, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from behind, and it turned out to be a postman on horseback delivering letters. I saw the postman come to a simple farmhouse and shout:

Is Miss Alice at home? There is your letter. Then a girl came out of the house, and the postman gave her a letter and said:

Miss Alice, please pay five shillings for postage. But the girl, whose name was Alice, looked at the envelope and returned it to the postman: "Sorry, sir, I have no money to pay the postage, and I cannot take it, so please return it."

This is not possible, the state stipulates that the letter must be postaged by the recipient. The letter has already been delivered, how can you not pay the postage? "But I really don't have any money, what should I do?"

Roland Hill did not find out what was going on, and when he saw that they were arguing, he went over to persuade him, and when he understood that it was for the postage, he put on a gentlemanly demeanor: "I paid for this young lady!" So saying, he paid the postman five shillings, and then took the letter from the postman's hand, and handed it to the girl

Miss, now you can read the letter. But the girl said, "Thank you!"

Sir, I don't need to read the letter, I already know the contents of the letter. Roland Hill was confused: "You haven't even opened the letter, how do you know the contents inside?"

Oh, sir, it's so, I made an appointment with my relatives who were out beforehand, and if he was all right outside, I drew a circle on the envelope, and I only had to look at the envelope to see it, and I had already seen a big circle on it. "You're cheating, why are you doing this? "Because our family is very poor, but the postage is too expensive!

I really can't help it, so I did it. However, I would like to thank you very much for paying the postage for me. Roland Hill listened with great sympathy, and he sighed deeply and walked away silently.

At that time, the postage cost five shillings to send a letter, but don't underestimate these five shillings, which was equivalent to a worker's wages for a day's hard work at that time. Later, Roland Hill suggested to ** that a cheap postage voucher be issued, which should be purchased by the sender and affixed to the envelope, so that the recipient would not have to pay for the postage. At the suggestion of Roland Hill, the United Kingdom issued the world's first postage stamp in May 1840, with only one penny, which was named "Penny Black" because it was printed in black ink.

So, as long as this penny stamp is affixed, you can send a letter, and twelve pence is a shilling, which is much cheaper than the original.

This is the story of the creation of the world's first postage stamp, and Roland Hill is known as the "father of stamps".

The world's first postage stamp was created in the United Kingdom. When it comes to the birth of postage stamps, its history can be traced back to the 17th century.

France during this period belonged to the Bourbon dynasty.

Reign of Louis XIV, who was king of the dynasty in the middle of the century.

The postal property rights in the Paris region were given to Veraille as a reward. After obtaining the postal rights, Veraille opened a "small post office" and began to implement the "postage payment certificate". The use of this "postage payment card" simply means that the sender first affixes it to the envelope, and then after the letter is delivered to the post office where the recipient is located, the post office staff will tear it up, and finally the recipient will receive a letter with the postage card torn off.

In terms of usage, the "postage certificate" is similar to a postage stamp. For this reason, it is also regarded as the precursor to postage stamps, which were born in the 19th century. On May 6, 1840, the London General Post Office issued the world's first postage stamp, the "Penny Black".

The person who designed and invented this stamp was named Roland Hill. In 1837, this man published an article on the postal system of the time entitled "The Reform of the Postal System: Its Importance and Practicality". <>

In the case of the postal system in Britain at that time, there was a problem of high charges because the number of letters and the distance traveled were charged at the same time. Due to this charge, the postage can only be paid by the recipient. Roland Hill's article, on the other hand, advocated a "one-half ounce" as a standard, and all letters within this standard were charged at a single penny.

At the same time, Roland Hill also proposed to pay for postage.

Uniformly changed to a prepaid model. <>

Roland Hill's article successfully attracted the attention of the United Kingdom, for which the United Kingdom specially appointed Roland Hill as the Treasury.

Employee. Later, in 1839, the Ministry of Finance solicited a request for stamp designs, but in the end no work was accepted. In this case, Roland Hill began to design it himself.

Soon after, the "Penny Black" stamp was officially born. The stamp, which is based on white untextured paper, features a portrait of Queen Victoria in profile, with a crown printed in the middle if placed in the sun**.

As the birthplace of the world's stamps, the United Kingdom still retains the special features of the "black penny" stamps. This peculiarity is that the name of the country is not marked on the stamp. Roland Hill, the designer of Penny Black, is known as the "father of stamps".

The world's first stamp was issued in the United Kingdom on May 6, 1840, and is black with a relief statue of Queen Victoria.

The world's first postage stamp was born in the United Kingdom, the invention of the Black Penny by Sir Roland Hill, and was officially issued and used in the United Kingdom on May 6, 1840.

The world's first stamp was born in the United Kingdom, which has a high historical value and a high collection value.

The first Zao Tong stamp appeared in the United Kingdom.

The world's first postage stamp was the British invention of the Black Penny, which was also the world's first postage stamp. On May 1, 1840, the Black Poop Shoshi was introduced in England and began to be used on May 6. The stamp design is a profile portrait of Queen Victoria when she ascended the throne at the age of 18, with a face value of 1 pence, and black is printed on paper with a crown watermark, so it is commonly known as a "black penny stamp".

The blank side of the full sheet of the stamp reads "1 pence per piece, 1 shilling per line of 12 stamps."

Sell for £1 per sheet. Please affix the stamp to the upper right of the envelope". The Penny Black stamps issued by the United Kingdom did not bear the name of the country because other countries had not yet issued stamps.

To this day, the stamps issued by the United Kingdom still do not print the name of the country, and use the crown and the king's head as the symbol of the country's name. Black penny stamps are non-perforated, because the stamp punch machine has not yet been invented at that time, and when the post office ** stamps, they must be cut one by one with scissors.

One girl excitedly kissed her fiancé's letter from London, but said, "I'm sorry sir, please return the letter, I don't have that much money to pay for postage." The postman refused.

A young man named Roland Hill offered generously, but the girl politely declined.

Roland Trembling Hill began to pity her, but later found out that he had been fooled. It turned out that the girl had made an appointment with her fiancé in advance, and if a circle was drawn under the envelope to indicate that he had found a job, she would not have to spend money to get the letter.

Roland Hill felt that the loopholes in the postal service should be closed. He analyzed the postal system at that time and boldly made three proposals to the Parliament: one was to drastically reduce the postage, the second was to charge by weight, and the third was to change the postage to the sender's advance.

Roland Hill then thought, "How can the sender indicate on the mail that the postage has been paid in advance, and how much has been paid?" Make simple marks?

That would also create a loophole for some people to exploit and make complex marks? The cost of different weights of mail is different, and there are many marks, which can bring confusion! After much deliberation, he finally came up with a stamp that could represent postage.

On May 6, 1840, the first official stamp issue in the United Kingdom. The stamp features a portrait of Queen Victoria of England in black. Worth a penny, also known as a black penny stamp. As soon as the stamps were introduced, they were quickly accepted all over the world.

Postage stamps bring great convenience to the telecommunications industry. However, at the beginning, the postal staff must be equipped with a paper cutting knife, so that dozens of stamps can be cut at any time**, the sender sometimes buys a large stamp, when it is ready, but also has his own knife for cutting. Not only is it troublesome, but it is also difficult to cut neatly.

One day in 1848, when the British inventor Henry Achar was drinking in a small bar, he saw a customer next to him after writing a letter, fiddling with a large stamp, because there was no knife, he took off a pin pinned to the suit tie, pierced a row of small holes in the connection of each stamp, and tore the stamp very neatly.

Soon after, the stamp punch was made in Henri Achar's laboratory. It will punch neat rows of holes between each stamp in each large stamp. In this way, it is very convenient to tear apart each stamp.

The British postal service immediately adopted it, and this punch machine was popularized to all countries around the world.

Birth of the origin of the stamp.

The first stamps appeared in the United Kingdom. On 17 August 1839, the British Parliament passed the 1p Postage Act and the Postage Advance System, which introduced a uniform postage system. Roland Hill co-created the world's first postage stamp, the Black Penny, with designers, sculptors and others.

The British ** Wild Spring officially issued and used black pennies on May 6, 1840.

The face value of the black penny is measured by the taximen and printed with black ink, so it is called the black penny stamp. In 1860, Queen Victoria bestowed upon Sir Roland Hill, and the National Philatelic Association honored him as the "father of plain stamps".

From October 26, 2021, the world's first stamp "Penny Black" will be exhibited at Sotheby's Art Space in Hong Kong from October 26, 2021.

The exhibition will run until October 30, and other lots on display include ancient Western art and contemporary art.

China BAI

First stamp:

After the Opium War, the imperial powers established "Ministry of Industry Bureaus" in some coastal cities of our country. In 1863, the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry of the Shanghai Inland Sea Concession organized the establishment of the "Shanghai Ministry of Industry Bureau Correspondence Hall" to receive and send letters from South China, Japan, Europe and the United States, and in August 1865, the first set of stamps of China's commercial port was issued - the first edition of the Ministry of Industry Dalong stamps, 13 years earlier than the Dalong stamps. In November 1897, the Correspondence Hall of the Shanghai Ministry of Industry was taken over by the Qing Post.

The first set of stamps issued by China was the "Dalong Stamp" issued in July 1878, but it was not the earliest stamp to appear in China.

Dalong stamps, China's first set of stamps: Dalong stamps.

On August 15, 1878 (the specific date of issuance has not been recorded so far, it is generally believed that the earliest date of issuance of Dalong stamps is between July 24 and August 1, 1878), the Qing Dynasty ** Customs trial post, the first issue of China's first set of stamps - Dalong stamps, this set of stamps a total of 3, the main picture is the symbol of the Qing royal family - Panlong.

In 1878, the Qing Dynasty ** set up postal offices in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Yantai and Niuzhuang (Yingkou), which were attached to the customs. The stamp design is painted in the middle of a five-clawed dragon, lined with clouds and water waves, the color and face value of the stamps are different, the face value is calculated in silver: "one cent silver" (green, postage for sending printed matter), "three cents of silver" (red, postage for ordinary letters), "five cents of silver" (orange, postage for ** postage).

This is the first set of stamps issued by China, and the philatelic community is accustomed to calling it the "Customs Dragon", referred to as the "Dragon Stamp". On the stamp, the five words of "Daqing Post Office" are very eye-catching, and the "big dragon" in the pattern has two round eyes, soaring clouds and fog, and is about to come out. The top is marked "China" and the bottom is marked "candarin(s)".

The first officially issued stamp in China was the Great Dragon Ticket. Prior to the issuance, the Qing Customs designed three stamp sketches, namely the Cloud Dragon, the Pagoda and the Ten Thousand Years Elephant Map, among which the "Ten Thousand Years of Elephants" was the most precious and valuable. The stamps are available in thin paper dragons, broad-sided dragons, and thick paper dragons.

Circulation: Approximately 1,000,000 pieces.

The design of China's first stamp is in the center of a Chinese-style dragon lined with clouds and water waves, which is called the "dragon playing with pearls", commonly known as the big dragon stamp.

The Great Dragon is a set of 3 stamps with denominations of 1 cent silver (green), 3 cents silver (red) and 5 cents silver (yellow). Full sheet 25 pieces (5x5), glued on the back, perforated.

Due to the incompleteness of historical records, the official date of issue of the Tai Long stamps is still debated. According to various historical documents and physical evidence, it was probably at the end of July and the beginning of August 1878.