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Rowland Hill blue plaque

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Rowland Hill blue plaque
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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.
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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