1990 GB - MS1501 - Stamp World 90 International Exhibition MNH

• No 6 - Issued 03 May 1990 - MS 1501
  
  Unmounted Mint

This miniature sheet was originally sold at £1.00, the premium being used for the 'Stamp World London 90' International Stamp exhibition. Only the example of the 20p is perforated.

Rowland Hill inaugurated the Uniform Penny Postage on the 10 January 1840. This major postal reform was the culmination of years of persuasion and preparation. The rate was 1d per ½oz anywhere in the British Isles.