The increased costs of the First World War led the government to explore new means of raising monies; an increase on the postal rate was one option. The abandonment of the penny postage saw the end of 75 years of continued penny post that had begun with the Penny Black. The increase in the letter rate to 1½ pence finally came in June 1915, after the maximum weight limit for the penny rate had been reduced from two ounces to one ounce earlier that year.
1900s Edward VIII 1½d (1936)
1800s Letter by Jane Austen to Anna Austen on Walter Scott (28 September 1814)
1900s John Higgins
1800s Letter from Anthony Trollope recommends the use of ‘road side letter boxes’ (19 December 1851)
1800s Use of steamships to carry transatlantic mail (November 1839)
1900s 1978 Scotland World Cup Winners (1978)