2015年我们大家纷纷发表文章、著作来纪念黑便士邮票诞生175周年及邮票之父——罗兰·希尔爵士诞辰220周年,笔者也为此出版了拙作《解密黑便士》一书。读过此书的朋友们可能会注意到我在里面提及了一位与邮票之父同时代的邮政改革家——詹姆斯·查尔莫斯(Mr.James Chalmers)。他被许多人认为是世界上第一枚邮票真正的发明人,当然,这是有争议并被官方否认了的。下面让我分几个方面聊聊这位先生。一、詹姆斯·查尔莫斯简介詹姆斯·查尔莫斯(图1)于1782年2月2日生于英国苏格兰的一座名叫阿布罗斯(Arbroath)的小城 In 2015, all of us published articles and writings to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of the Penny Stamps and the 220th anniversary of the birth of Sir Roland Hill, the author of the stamp. I also published my book entitled Decrypt Black Pennies. My friends who read this book may notice that I mentioned in my account a Mr. James Chalmers, a postal reformer who was the father of the stamp. He is considered by many to be the true inventor of the first stamp in the world, which of course is controversial and has been officially denied. Let me talk about this gentleman in several ways. A, James Chalmers Brief introduction James Chalmers (Figure 1) was born in February 2, 1782 in Scotland, England, a small town called Arbroath (Arbroath)