took David Winter into partnership in 1868 and left him the business on his death in 1872. The printing company was renamed to David Winter & Son. All these books claim that James Chalmers first produced an essay for a stamp in August 1834 but no evidence for this is provided in any of the books. References and sources Notes Footnotes Sources Patrick Chalmers, Robert Wallace MP and James Chalmers, the Scottish Postal Reformers, published by Effingham Wilson & Co, 1890 Leah Chalmers, How the adhesive postage stamp was born, London, P S King & Son Ltd, 1939, 33pp William J Smith & J E Metcalfe, James Chalmers Inventor of the adhesive postage stamp, David Winter & Son Ltd, 1971, 148pp James Chalmers: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland The claim for James Chalmers External links Gazetteer for Scotland Testament of James Chalmers The first essay for adhesive postage stamps submitted by James Chalmers to the General Post Office on 17 February 1838 1782 births 1853 deaths Scottish inventors 19th-century Scottish businesspeople British publishers (people) Scottish printers People from Arbroath Postal pioneers People associated with Dundee