Sold at Auction World's First Postage Stamp, 1840 Penny Black
25 Penny Black stamp facts you should know: 1. The Penny Black was first 2. Postal reform drove the Penny Black 3. A competition produced the first stamp (sort of) 4. Two stamps were eventually approved 5. Queen Victoria set the standard 6. Neither stamp showed a country of origin 7. Victoria remained until her death 8.
The world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued on May 1, 1840. Stamp collecting
As most stamp collector already know the Penny Black is the world's first adhesive postage stamp and was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on May 1st 1840.
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The most desirable Penny Black cover, needless to say, would be one posted on 6 May 1840 - the ultimate first day cover - but all May 1840 dates are very collectable, and there are fewer 7 and 8 May covers out there than there are from the 6th, although they will cost a fraction of the price.
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Period of use: Earliest issue dated 16 June, 1840, with prints made between 8th June -…. Read more. Pair of 1d Red stamps lettered M - K and M - L, identified as coming from black plate 5 using Guide Lines to the Penny Black by P C Litchfield. Period of use: 1841. Colour: Red-brown.
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The World's First Postage Stamp 1840 Great Britain One Penny Queen Victoria Unused! Penny
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria . In 1837, British postal rates were high, complex and anomalous.
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The Penny Black was the world's first stamp and one from the first sheet printed will be auctioned by Sotheby's in London on December 7. The adhesive stamp that features a profile of Queen Victoria is attached to a document dated April 10, 1840, from the archive of British postal service reformer Robert Wallace, a Scottish politician.
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Only if the Penny Black was made using Plate 11 is the stamp deemed rare because this was used mainly for the print run of early Penny Reds but it also started an abandoned run of Penny Blacks. Individual Penny Black's are still desirable for collectors but the poor quality ones can be purchased for less than £20 ($24.50 USD).
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The Penny Black is the moniker of the world's first adhesive stamp used in public postal system. The idea of an adhesive stamp indicates that a letter has been paid. The first postage stamp was proposed to reform the British postal system by Rowland Hill in 1837.
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The Penny Black stamp was the world's first adhesive postage stamp and it went on sale in Great Britain on May 6th 1840. The pre-paid adhesive postage stamp was borne out of a need for a standardised rate of postage in the United Kingdom that was available to all and not just the wealthy.
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The combined Mulready letter-sheet and Penny Black stamp was sent from London on Saturday, May 2, 1840, to William Blenkinsop, Jr., an iron works manager in Dalston, Cumbria, 75 miles west of the.
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The Penny Black is renowned for being the world's first stamp. It's undoubtedly the most famous of all stamps - and one which every collector aspires to own. Famed for its fine engraving and timeless simplicity, this beautiful stamp has an intriguing philatelic history. Sir Rowland Hill & a Penny Black revolution
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The Penny Black The world's first postage stamp was a simple idea, but revolutionary. "… A bit of paper just large enough to bear the stamp, and covered at the back with a glutinous wash" Rowland Hill's booklet Post Office Reform: Its Importance and Practicability, 1837
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The "penny black" stamp went on sale May 1, 1840. It was an immediate hit.. The Penny Black's design was so well received, it remained in use for forty years, though, as the National.
