Uniform Penny Post
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This article is about the 1840 uniform penny postage service in the UK. For similarly named services, see Penny Post.
The Uniform Penny Post was a component of the comprehensive reform of the Royal Mail, the UK's official postal service, that took place in the 19th century. The reforms were a government initiative to eradicate the abuse and corruption of the existing service. Under the reforms, the postal service became a government monopoly, but it also became more accessible to the British population at large through setting a charge of one penny[nb 1] for carriage and delivery between any two places in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland irrespective of distance.[1][2][3]