The world’s first postage stamp, dating from 1840 and featuring a profile of Queen Victoria, is going to auction. The stamp is one of three Penny Blacks believed to have survived from the very first sheet of printed stamps https://t.co/UPokd76IDa pic.twitter.com/9W1aNXAO19
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One of the very first postage stamps ever printed is going on sale with potential buyers expected to spend up to $11 million.
The Penny Black the world’s first stamp ( used from 1840) will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London on December 7, 2021.
The stamp, which is going to Sotheby’s, is attached to a document dated April 10, 1840, from the archive of British postal service reformer Robert Wallace, a Scottish politician.
The stamp is owned by philatelist and businessman Alan Holyoake.
Source: AP/Reuters
Last Updated on 27.10.2021 by iskova