Penny Black

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English

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Victoria on the Penny Black, the first official stamp

Etymology

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From its colour and face value.

Noun

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Penny Black (plural Penny Blacks)

  1. (philately) The world's first official postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of postal reforms.

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