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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1052

Great Britain
Postal History
The Inventor of the Postage Stamp. The Great Debate Between the Sons of Rowland Hill and James Chalmers
1879 (13 Dec.), Pearson Hill's four page reply on paper with "50 Belsize park N.W." in which he states "There is unfortunately scarcely a statement or argument in your letter of the 10th. instant with which I can agree". Hill ends with a p.s. "I am afraid that I can scarcely see my way to the notification to the public which you desire .... the only notice which could be issued consistent with the truth would be that as one part of Sir Rowland Hill's plans, the use of adhesive labels had proven more convenient to the public than he supposed".. Photo

literature:
Illustrated on page 27 of "Chalmers versus Hill" by Anthony Wicks

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