Friday 1 May 2015

The world's first postage stamp......................................... is 175 years old.

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.
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6 comments:

  1. FAB1 May 2015 at 23:39

    Nice one Andrew.

    If only postage was that cheap today!!

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  2. Coloring Outside the Lines2 May 2015 at 02:35

    Wow- very cool!

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  3. Angie2 May 2015 at 03:07

    Fascinating - I don't have any Penny Blacks!

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  4. The Furry Gnome2 May 2015 at 03:48

    You have "a few penny blacks" in your collection! You must have some stamp collection!

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  5. Margaret Birding For Pleasure2 May 2015 at 07:35

    there have been a lot of chances in stamps in 175 years especially price increases. Have a lovley weekend.

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  6. Fun605 May 2015 at 09:37

    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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