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Joebill · 10-01-2010, 06:24 PM

Postage stamps came along in the 1800s.

I forget the year it ended, but letters in the colonial times, the receiver paid the postage, not the sender. But it wasn't a postage stamp.

The first British one was the penny black, in 1840.

First stamp for the United States was 1847.

basic stamp beginnings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp

10-01-2010, 06:24 PM	#223
Joebill Fanatic Posts: 517 Karma: 459442 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Alpha Centauri's Library of Alexandria Device: Pandigital Novel	Postage stamps came along in the 1800s. I forget the year it ended, but letters in the colonial times, the receiver paid the postage, not the sender. But it wasn't a postage stamp. The first British one was the penny black, in 1840. First stamp for the United States was 1847. basic stamp beginnings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp Last edited by Joebill; 10-01-2010 at 06:25 PM. Reason: typo