The story

The story begins in around 17th century when sending letters was not so prevalent among the people barring some exceptions. That time there were messengers who themselves use to collect letters from the people for delivery. But as time passed by, the number of postage users increased and it became impossible for members to reach everywhere.

In the reign of Louis, XIV, postage users in Paris bought small rectangular papers with 'Port Paye to.....' stamped on it. This was a verification of the fact that all dues were cleared.

In the advent of time, calculations of the stamp revenues also became a problem. The amount of a mail was determined by the distance between the two places, the miles walked by a messenger, and even by the number of horses attached to a mail cart !!
This was not accepted by the subjects and even the postal authorities found illegal use of government funds by officials on the revenues of mails.

The Origin

1830 was the advent of the postal services in it's true sense. It was Rowland Hill, an english man, who forwarded a proposal of a design of a stamp which he drew it with his own untrained hands.

This design which he made himself, is a historical Heritage as it flagged of the 'usage of stamps' !

This Stamp features a white Silhouette of the young queen Victoria's profile on a black background. Hill forwarded his proposal on a paper named, 'post office reform' and advocated the uniform postage rates to be based on the weight of the postage and no other factor.