Bingham News | 1924-03-08 | Page 2 | Invention of Stamps

Invention of Stamps Adhesive postage stamps were Invented In-vented by James Chalmers of Dundee In 1834. After the passage of the uniform uni-form penny postage bill by the English Eng-lish parliament In 1840, envelopes bearing bear-ing an Impressed stamp, or mark, for postage were Introduced at the sugges- tlon of Rowland Hill, but failed to find favor with the public. The adhesive postage stamp of Chalmers was thereupon there-upon substituted and did much to Insure In-sure the success of the penny postage scheme. Postage stamps were Introduced Intro-duced Into America In 1847.