People use postage stamps ___ day, but most people ___n't know the history of ___ stamp. The postage stamp ___ only 160 years old. ___ first letters were only ___ by kings. Because of ___, the postal service in ___ UK was called the ___ Mail. In 1635 King ___ I allowed the public ___ use the Royal Mail.
___ that time only rich ___ had the money to ___ letters. This wasn't a ___ problem because most people ___n't read. In those days ___ paid for a letter ___ when they received it. ___ in 1680, William Dockwra ___ the penny post. His ___ was different. People first ___ money and then their ___ was sent.
Rowland Hill ___ to make the postal ___ more efficient. In 1837 ___ invented the Penny Black ___ stamp. Then many other ___ started printing their own ___ stamps.
People have put ___ on letters for over ___ years. But now email ___ cheaper and faster than ___ post. We don't know ___ the future of the ___ will be.
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