Chalmers versus Hill - The saga that rocked the Victorian philatelic world. By Anthony Wicks (2013)

Published by Mike Jackson Publications, 156pp, Colour, Hardback.

Even today, some postal historians and authorities believe that James Chalmers from Dundee was the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp. This misinformed fact was almost entirely due to the industry and fanatical devotion of his son, Patrick Chalmers, in the 1880's. This book relates the extraordinary story of that achievement, in one of the most celebrated philatelic debates ever conducted in the United Kingdom.