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This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Rowland Hill 1795-1879 Founder The World's First Uniform Postal Rate The Penny Post Lived in a Farmhouse now Horsehills Drive off Compton Road c1788-1802 Married Caroline Pearson St Peter's Church 1827 Recorded plaque organisation: Wolverhampton Civic Society, Post Office Wolverhampton.
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Sir Rowland Hill introduced the world's first uniform postal rate in 1840, revolutionizing communication by making mail affordable for the general public through the Penny Post system.
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