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HPSGB Meeting on 15 March 2009

Posted February 23rd, 2009 by premier

The Hungarian Philatelic Society (HPSGB) will meet in the Town Hall in Thame from 10.00 on Sunday 15 March. Mervyn Benford will give a display on First Inflation and there will be an important auction of Hungarian philatelic material starting at 1.15pm.

For further details on HPSGB go to the the website at www.hpsgb.net

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When were stamps invented? First used?

Posted February 11th, 2009 by admin

A common question is when were stamps first invented? Why? When were they first used..

Adhesive postage stamps were first used in 1840 in Great Britain. The idea is usually credted to Sir Rowland Hill.

However, the idea of transmitted messages can be traced back at least to Babylonian times (clay tablets etc), and seals and handstamps of various kinds came into use gradually from the Middle Ages onwards. Thus, impressed Revenue stamps and town marks were in use in England in the 17th century.

www.StampClubs.co.uk

Posted January 4th, 2009 by admin

www.StampClubs.co.uk launches to showcase UK Stamp Clubs and Philtelic Societies.

This website will become the number one resource for UK Stamp Clubs.

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