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* 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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1840 and Penny
The first adhesive postage stamp, commonly referred to as the Penny Black, was issued in the United Kingdom in 1840.
The first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued by Britain in 1840 and pictured a young Queen Victoria.
The first of them is Penny Black, issued by the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840.
First day cover of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, used on May 6, 1840 is verified by the datestamp on the backflap
The " envelope " used to launch the Penny Post component of the British postal reforms of 1840 by Sir Rowland Hill and the invention of the postage stamp, was a lozenge-shaped lettersheet known as a Mulready.
The first adhesive postage stamp was the Penny Black, issued in 1840 by Great Britain.
* The 1840 Penny Black at the American National Postal Museum
These were followed by the Mulready stationery that was issued by Great Britain at the same time as the Penny Black in 1840.
Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co was a printer of books, bank notes and postage stamps, most notable for printing the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamps, in 1840.
Royal Mail Post Office Regulations Flyer ( pamphlet ) | handbill giving details of the Uniform Penny Post, dated January 7, 1840
Nonetheless, Hill's 1838 proposal paved the way for the 1840 Act which introduced the Uniform Penny Post.
The colour was changed from black to red because of difficulty in seeing a cancellation mark on the Penny Black ; a black cancel was readily visible on a Penny Red .< ref name =" 1840 2d and 1841 2d a plating aid "> </ span ></ font ></ ref >
* Pre-adhesive mail also called pre-stamp mail is mail used before the issuance of the Penny Black and Two pence Blue stamps on 6 May 1840 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in other countries, mail used prior to the postal authority adopting their own adhesive labels.
* 1840 10 January-Uniform Penny Post starts throughout the UK.
* 1840 1 May-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues the Penny Black and Two pence blue, world's first postage stamps.
* 1840 6 May-The Penny Black and Two pence blue, world's first postage stamps becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage.
* 1840: Uniform Penny Post introduced.
* 1840: First adhesive stamp ( the Penny Black ).
This was immediately successful, and on 10 January 1840 the Uniform Penny Post started, charging only 1d for prepaid letters and 2d if the fee was collected from the recipient.
On 5 December 1839 the Uniform Fourpenny Post was introduced by the General Post Office but lasted only 36 days until 9 January 1840 when the Uniform Penny Post was introduced.
On 10 January 1840, the Uniform Penny Post was established throughout the UK, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap conveyance of letters, and from 6 May could be prepaid with the first postage stamp, known as the Penny Black.
It is from a series of proof impressions which were made at the time Rowland Hill was looking at the new colours which were to be used for the stamps which were to replace the Penny Black and the original 1840 issue of the Two pence Blue.
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