The world’s first postage stamp, dating from 1840 and featuring a profile of Queen Victoria, is going to auction

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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.
      Source: Reuters on Twitter, 26 Oct. 2021

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

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