1890 Uniform Penny Postage The Harry Furniss Caricature

Harry Furniss Post Office Jumble Uniform Penny Post Caricature A short time after the South Kensington Exhibition Harry Furniss (a noted caricaturist of the time) published his version of the Jubilee Envelope and Card. The purpose of the caricature was to highlight the poor working conditions that many postmen were subject to. In fact in June of 1890 the first major strike of postal workers took place.