Duke of Wellington Hair in Frame Guyana stamps he defeated Napoleon at the

he defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

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and was a founder of the Romantic Age in English literature

The need to separate the accounting of revenues from postal and telegraph services led to the introduction of special Post Office Telegraph stamps

Duke of Wellington Hair in Frame Guyana stamps he defeated Napoleon at theA substantial quantity of short clipped, light coloured hair from the Duke of Wellington, cut in August 1841. Presented in a clear container, mounted on a maroon fabric background, beneath the original envelope in which the hair was preserved. According to the envelope, the hair was originally kept by a Mrs William Rhodes. The envelope is annotated: "The Duke of Wellingtons hair cut in Augt. 1841". Framed and glazed in a modern wooden frame to an