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Guide to Different Plates Used for Stamp-Making. Plate 11 - This was primarily used for printing red stamps but was also used in the production of black stamps. This was used to print red stamps on January 29-30 1841, but on February 1 and 2; at least 700 black sheets were printed. The plate was again used to print red starting February 3.
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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 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 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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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 was the world's first official adhesive postage stamp. It was issued on 1st May, 1840 and in use from 6th May, 1840. This world famous and much loved stamp features a portrait of the young Queen Victoria.
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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.
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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 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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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 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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A letter carrying a Penny Black and deliberately sent on May 5, 1840, the day before the stamp was valid for postage. The postage was paid in cash. A mail piece bearing ten Penny Blacks, mailed on the stamp's first day of issue. More than 70 first-day Penny Black covers are known, but only this one, the "Kirkcudbright cover," has more than.
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The Penny Black stamp revolutionized the postal service. - Sotheby's Both sides of the envelope still bear the stamped dates on which they were sent, the first on May 2, 1840 and the second on.
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