James Chalmers Essay 1839

United Kingdom · 1839 · 1d

The essay features a left-facing profile of Queen Victoria, framed by the word 'POSTAGE' at the top and 'ONE PENNY' at the bottom. It's a proposed design for the first adhesive postage stamp.

This essay by James Chalmers is a significant piece of postal history, representing an early proposal for an adhesive postage stamp in the United Kingdom, predating the Penny Black.