Description: The design combines a finely engraved portrait of Hill (after a 19th-century lithograph) with red typographic elements referencing the “Uniform Penny Postage” petition, a campaign that led to sweeping postal reforms in Britain. The background includes red period letterpress text that evokes early Victorian print culture.
Circa: 1995
Condition: MNH
Notes:
Issued in 1995 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Rowland Hill (1795–1879), this 19p commemorative stamp celebrates the visionary who revolutionized communication by introducing the Uniform Penny Post and the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, in 1840. Hill’s reforms made mail affordable to all, transforming literacy, business, and personal communication worldwide.