Lesson 14
Part Ⅲ How Did Postage Stamps Come Into Use
Exercises:
Ⅰ.
1.Why were people unhappy to pay postage for letters in the early nineteenth century?
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2.Why was the postage rate high at that time?
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Ⅱ.
Rowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England, was the first to____ forward a proposal to____ stamps. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps to____ postage. They could ____ to the nearby post office to____ stamps and put them on envelopes before they____ the letters. The post office could simply____ seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to____ postage. It only needed to send fewer postmen to____ letters. That was a good idea and the government finally____ it.