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The fist pictorial envelope issued by a Post Office was designed by William Mulready. Two envelopes were issued in 1840 in Great-Britain: 1d and 2d. Rowland Hill had commissioned Mulready to design an envelope which bore marks that postage was paid. Mulready pictured Britannia sending out winged messengers to the four points of the compass. Press and public criticised the envelopes a lot. Public and private firms printed envelopes and covers in many humorous designs to ridicule the official stationery. Of course these caricatures did not have prepaid postage and thus ordinary stamps had to be affixed. Soon the Mulready envelopes were withdrawn. © 1999, R.T. van Capelleveen Back to Homepage  Shopping on the Internet Software | Free Classifieds | Free Downloads | Shops Free Stuff | Newsletters |
