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| Perforation Gauge | [43] |
| The Commemorative Letter Balance designed by Mr. S. King, of
Bath (1840). A monument "which may be possessed by
every family in the United Kingdom" | [72] |
| Mr. King's Letter Balance had a tripod base, as in the uppermost
figure, thus affording three tablets on which the associations
of J. Palmer, Rowland Hill, and Queen Victoria with postal
reform are recorded | [73] |
| A Facsimile of the Address Side of a Penny Post Letter in 1686,
showing the "Peny Post Payd" mark instituted by Dockwra
and continued by the Government authorities | [83] |
| Facsimile of the Contents of the Penny Post Letter of 1686 | [84] |
| The Official Notification of December 3, 1818, relating to the use
of the Sardinian Letter Sheets. Described in the records of
the Schroeder collection as "the oldest official notification of
any country in the world relating to postage-stamps" | [86] |
| (Continuation from previous page.) The models show the
devices for the three denominations: 15, 25, and 50 centesimi
respectively | [87] |
| Proof of the Mulready Envelope, signed by Rowland Hill. (From
the "Peacock" Papers) | [111] |
| Gauge for Arranging Stamps in a Blank Album | [144] |
| Autograph Letter from Rowland Hill to John Dickinson, the
paper-maker, asking for six or eight sheets of the silk-thread
paper for trial impressions of the adhesive stamps | [164] |
| Original Sketch for the "Canoe" Type of Fiji Stamps | [169] |
| A Postal Memento of New Zealand's "Universal Penny Postage,"
January 1, 1901 | [190] |
| The First Postage Stamp of the present reign, together with the
Post Office notice concerning its issue on November 4, 1910 | [193] |
| The Official Notice of the Issue of the New Stamps of Great
Britain for the reign of King George V. | [195] |