James Chalmers (February 2 1782 Arbroath, Angus - May 26 1853) was a Scottish inventor who introduced the adhesive postage stamp and uniform postage rate. He trained as a weaver, before he moved to Dundee in 1809 on the recommendation of his brother. He established himself as a bookseller, printer and newspaper publisher on Castle Street. He is known to have been the publisher of "The Caledonian" as early as 1822. Wikipedia
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