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Canada Post Corporation collection [textual record] Sir Rowland Hill biographical article

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Accession

Date:

1890.

Reference:

1992-187 DAP

Local class no.:

B500-3

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

18073

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Date(s):

1890.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3 magazine pages b&w 16±" x 12" inc.

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879

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Custodial history:

Items transferred from the National Postal Museum (formerly accession no. 1985-130.1-2) to the Canadian Postal Archives (National Archives of Canada) as part of accession no.1989-565.

Citation/reference note:

"The Illustrated News of the World", (London), edition of 25 January 1890.

Original extent note:

Pages containing a comprehensive biographical article on Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B., D.C.L. (Oxford) 1795-1879, the father of the Penny Postage reform in Great Britian and inventor the World's first adhesive postage stamp, (issued 6 May 1840). The article, authored by G. Barnett Smith, was published on the occassion of the Jubilee of the British Penny Postage Reform, 1840-1890..

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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R169-100-8-E
R169-100-8-F
RG3-J

Former registration no.:

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89-069

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1992-187 DAP
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[Consultation90 Open]
\\ Start date: 1988-04-01

Box [1992-187] B500-03

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Nil
Copyright: Expired
Credit: Canadian Postal Archives / National Archives of Canada
Philatelic records: Nil
Philatelic records: Copyright: Expired
Philatelic records: Credit: Canadian Postal Archives / National Archives of Canada

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