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The Chalmers Affair, 4 interesting brochures. The son of James Chalmers was claiming that his father was the real inventor of the adhesive postage stamp, an not like always stated, Rowland Hill. Including Patrick Chalmers, James Chalmers. The Inventor of the "Adhesive Stamp" not Sir Rowland Hill. Letter to the H.M. Postmaster-General and Declaration of the Treasury, 1884 and Submission to the Sir Rowland Hill Committee, 3rd edition with decision of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1887; Ashurst, Facts and Reasons. Support of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for a Universal Penny Postage, 2nd ed. 1888 and Pearson Hill, The Origin of Postage Stamps, The Facts connected with their introduction into the United Kingdom. The Chalmers Craze investigated, 1888; most hardbound with spine print, very rare and most interesting authentic titles about one of the thrillers of early philately and British postal history, unusual offer