Graveson, Samuel; editor. - Penny Postage Centenary: An Account of Rowland Hill's Great Reform of 1840 and of the Introduction of Adhesive Postage Stamps with Chapters on the Birth of the Postal Service.

London: The Postal History Society, (1940). (1940). - Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], brown cloth. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with a small black stain to the top edge of each cover. There is a tear to the spine and its head & tail are lightly chipped. 144 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. There is some foxing & soiling to the preliminary pages, the rear endpaper & the last text page. Good.

First edition. Good .

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