1-158-940 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'The Postman's Knock' c1855. A postman in General Post Office uniform knocking on a front door. From the cover of a song with music by Stephen Glover, dedicated to Sir Rowland Hill who introduced the Penny Post and the adhesive postage stamp in 1840. The song was sung by William Farren at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. (London, c1855).