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A pretty penny: UK’s rarest stamp set to sell for more than €770,000
when the same example of the Plate 77 Penny Red sold in 2012 – a then record for a single Great Britain stamp. Only one sheet of 240 stamps from printing Plate 77 was produced before authorities ...
The Mirror13d
Check your change for the UK's most valuable 1p coin worth a staggering £127,000
An expert, known online as the Coin Collector UK, explained more in a video posted to TikTok. He said: “£127,000 for this old one penny coin. So the date that you want to be checking your ...
The Bolton News29d
‘It’s much more than stamps’: Bolton Philatelic Club maps history
The United Kingdom brought the world its first adhesive stamp, the Penny Black, in 1840 – making then-confusing postage rates clear. It cost the flat rate of one penny. Philately, or stamp ...
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Before You Lick: A Quick History of Postage Stamp Designs
the so-called 'Penny Black', photo: Wikimedia Commons The oldest postage stamp features a graphic showing Queen Victoria’s profile against a black background. The stamp has a denomination of one penny ...