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title: "Penny Postage System Introduced"
year: 1840
country: "United Kingdom"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1840-01-01"
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# Penny Postage System Introduced

> Rowland Hill's uniform penny post democratized written communication by replacing distance-based fees, enabling mass correspondence and accelerating information flow across industrial society.

## Summary

The Penny Post is any one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny. Five such schemes existed in the United Kingdom, while the United States initiated at least three such simple fixed rate postal arrangements.

## Sources

- [Penny postage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Post) - Wikipedia

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