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Penny Black

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English

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Victoria on the Penny Black, the first national stamp

Etymology

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From its color and face value.

Noun

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Penny Black (plural Penny Blacks)

  1. (philately) The world's first official national mail postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of the postal reforms establishing a uniform penny post.
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