Sir Rowland Hill handwritten signed letterA handwritten & signed letter from Sir Rowland Hill, inventor of the postage stamp. Dated 1838, and relating to the development of the penny post Sir Rowland Hill (1795 1879) was an English postal reformer famous for his development of the penny post and invention of the world's first postage stamp, the penny black, in 1840. Hill's tranformation of the postal service in the UK soon spread around the world, and revolutionised global communication in