Philatelic Literature Specialists

Hill, George Birkbeck

The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage

Publisher: Thos. De La Rue & Co., London, 1880

First edition, in two volumes, hardback, original green cloth gilt, xxii + 543 pages + plates + x + 516 pages, slight hint of spine-lean to Vol 1, some pages of Vol 2 unopened (uncut along upper edges), foxing to first and last few leaves and page-edges of both volumes, in Good condition.

A classic account of the life of Rowland Hill and of his postal reforms. Scarce.

£50.00