May 6th 1840
The worlds first postage stamp was issued 175 years ago... the penny black
I am a keen collector of pre-decimal stamps of GB and I have a few penny blacks in my collection
Printed in sheets of 240 each stamp has check letters in the lower corners... AA to TL
I only collect penny blacks with the check letters AF... my initials
Happy Birthday to the oldest stamps in my album.
6 comments:
Nice one Andrew.
If only postage was that cheap today!!
Wow- very cool!
Fascinating - I don't have any Penny Blacks!
You have "a few penny blacks" in your collection! You must have some stamp collection!
there have been a lot of chances in stamps in 175 years especially price increases. Have a lovley weekend.
I've always been fascinated by stamps. As a child I think it was one of those hobbies many children tried for a while. You used to be able to buy packets of foreign stamps quite cheaply. Never had anything as exciting as a penny black though.
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