How will these resources help you?

Today, we take for granted the speed and efficiency of the UK postal system, and all the social and business benefits it enables. However, before the Victorian era, there was no unified postal system and written communications were expensive. Rowland Hill’s reformed system of 1840, with the introduction of the ‘Penny Black’ stamp, was a huge success. These resources show students that the nineteenth century postal service has lessons to teach us today about the importance of organised systems for economic and social reasons.