The British Postage Stamps Of The Nineteenth Century

Plot

Contents
foreword ii
Introduction iv
Colour Illustrations 1-32
Chapter
I The Rowland Hill Reform 33
II How the Penny Black was Conceived 46
III How the Penny Black was Born 58
IV The Printed Envelope 74
V The Life of the Penny Black 97
VI The Children of the Penny Black 134
VII The Embossed Stamps 174
VIII 'The First Surface-Printed Stamps 188
IX Surface-Printed Stamps, 1880-1901 217
X Stamps for Special Services 250
General Index 264
Stamp Index 270
Bibliography 272