Dialogue:

W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps?

M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It's an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.

W: Really? I didn't know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiner. How much was the usual charge?

M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post of rices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here's a picture of the first two stamps issued.

W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.

Question: When were the first postage stamps issued? 

- In 1840.

- In 1820.

- In 1804.


In 1840.