Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Sir Rowland Hill NPG Ax7310
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Maull & Polyblank
Sir Rowland Hill came from a family of progressive educationalists, and in 1819 he helped his family to establish a school in Edgbaston based on the ideals of representative democracy and competitive capitalism. In 1837 Hill formulated a set of proposals for postal reform, published as Post Office Reform: its Importance and Practicability. He argued that the existing system was too complicated and hindered the expansion of trade and ideas. Hill suggested a uniform postage rate irrespective of distance that was paid in advance by… more
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Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.




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