James Calmers born in 1782 and died in 1853. He moved to Dundee(England) in 1809 because his brother recomended. He was the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp. He was a newapaper publisher. He was Scottish man. In Dundee, he was a bookseller and printer. From 1834, James Chalmers was promoting the idea of an adhesive stamp. The first astamp was created in 1840. He Was burried in Howff, a cementery in the center of Dundee.

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