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Our Vintage Christmas – Christmas Cards

The “Penny Post” was first introduced in Britain in 1840 by Rowland Hill. The idea was simple, a penny stamp paid for the postage of a letter or card to anywhere in Britain. This simple idea paved the way for the sending of the first Christmas cards.

Sir Henry Cole made the fist move in 1843 by printing a thousand cards at one shilling each for sale in his London art shop. The popularity of sending cards grew further when in 1870, halfpenny postage was introduced as a result of the efficiencies brought by the railways

… how times have changed…

In the UK  around 678.9 million Christmas cards are sold each year, generating an income of some £267.2m and having an environmental impact of around 5kg of CO2 per person.

We like to get back to the old fashioned approach of making our own Christmas cards for family – and to send Seasonal Greetings to everyone we know or who likes our site (without so much of a carbon footprint) here is our online Christmas card for you!