page_title: Circular delivery company
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Circular delivery company / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: British 1870 half penny plate 13 stamps.
context_page_description: In postal history, a circular delivery company was a type of company which operated in Great Britain between 1865 and 1869 to deliver circulars and other printed matter at rates lower than the British Post Office charged. The service was outlawed in 1869 and a new cheaper postage rate for printed matter introduced in 1870. The stamps issued by the companies are much sought after by philatelists.
context_section_description: The demand for cheaper rates for printed materials was self-evident and on 1 October 1870 the British Post Office issued the first half penny stamp to pay the new reduced charge for printed papers, the small 1/2d bantam.
caption: The Post Office half penny "bantam" stamp introduced in 1870 for printed papers.
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