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English: Photograph and signature of Rowland Hill (postal reformer)
Date before 1879
date QS:P,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1879-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(date of Hill's death)
Source Frontispiece of "Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny Postage at the Venetian Chamber, Holborn Restaurant - at the Guildhall - at the Museum of Science and Art, South Kensington - and at Various Towns and Villages throughout the United Kingdom. London: Printed for the Jubilee Celebration Committee - General Post Office - 1891"
Author The photographer is not credited in the book. I've found one other (poor quality) copy of the photo on the internet - at corbis.com, also uncredited.
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