Penny Post He circulated mail to 17 shops in the city (effectively post offices) and employed 4 uniformed postmen. Their hats read "Penny Post" and were numbered 1,4,8 and 16 to make the business look bigger. On 5 December 1839 the Uniform Fourpenny Post was introduced by the General Post Office but lasted only 36 days until 9 January 1840 when the Uniform Penny Post was introduced. The penny post box was green. In 1835 Rowland Hill published a pamphlet entitled 'Post Office Reform' which led to various reforms and the introduction of the first postage stamp and convinced Parliament to implement
Rob Penny Rob Penny Robert Lee "Rob" Penny (August 6, 1941 – March 16, 2003) was an African-American playwright, poet, social activist, and professor. Penny wrote more than 30 plays and 300 poems. Penny was born in Opelika, Alabama, on August 6, 1941. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Hill District as a toddler, where he was raised. A 1957 graduate of Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Penny had childhood aspirations of joining the priesthood. Penny was in the first cohort of Black Studies faculty hired in 1968 by Co-directors of the University of Pittsburgh's new Black Studies Program, Jack L. Daniel,