On the select committee of the House of Commons on postage in 1837 he strongly supported penny postage.

The famous instigator of penny postage, Rowland Hill, is said to have been christened 'Rowland' after him.

On 1 January 1901, New Zealand introduced one penny universal postage from New Zealand to any country in the world willing to deliver them.

Major expansion took place during the Victorian era, spurred by the introduction of uniform penny postage in 1840.

He introduced the penny postage to areas within ten miles of Sydney.

A further stamp was issued in 1932, denominated at one penny postage plus one penny health.

From 1933 to 1938, a single health stamp was issued each year, denominated as one penny postage, plus one penny health.

In this capacity he introduced such services as penny postage to the United States, the Canadian magazine post, and cheap postage for the blind.

Well, if you take my advice, you'll take up something practical-- the state of the traffic, or penny postage.

The exhibition marked the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of penny postage and the issue of the first stamps.