Who was responsible for introducing the Penny Post to Britain in 1840?

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Rowland Hill Dec 29 02, 3:35 PM

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One of the few times when things actually got cheaper The Fourpenny Post lasted only from December 5th 1839, to January 9th, 1840 and markings were applied mostly by handwriting. An example of The Uniform Fourpenny Postage December, 1839, shown in http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/Letter5.html , was sent from York to Kirby Moorside dated December 16th, 1839, with the 4d (Four penny) charge written on by the postal official. Compare this example of a letter posted 23 August 1839 from London to Stroud in Gloucester - the cost was 9d (ninepence) for a distance between 80 and 120 miles. Five months later (in January 1840) , the letter would only cost one penny. Dec 29 02, 4:08 PM

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