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Letters seem to be going out of fashion but were originally a  primary way to contact someone. They all have one thing in common – a little sticky rectangle that can travel the world but stay in one corner.

I took a quick vote from 10 people in my class and 80% of them said that they had not sent a letter in the last month and almost all of them said that they texted instead!

These little things have quite a history. They were created by Rowland Hill and first used in 1840 and since then have become works of art.

Our ordinary stamps are very common but special stamps only pop up 2 in every 500 stamps! After 179 years of use Royal Mail has decided to release stamps featuring Marvel superheroes like Iron Man, Spider Man and Peggy Carter!

By Victoria, 7S