Article: It's not just any old Penny Black; Rare stamp among first ever sent to N.Wales.(News)

Article: Rare Penny Black found in attic.
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 1, 2009 ;     504 words ...ONE of the rarest examples of a Penny Black stamp has been discovered in a North Wales derelict attic, hidden in pigeon droppings. The 1841-dated postage stamp, pictured , was found alongside 26 other Penny Blacks ...

Article: WALES: pounds 70,000 for a stamp; Massive bid for rare ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  September 18, 2008 ;     660 words ... ... for pounds 70,000 at a North Wales auction last weekend. The Penny Black, the world's first stick ... Auctioneer Colin Knights said the Penny Black was issued on May 1, 1840 ... added more than 60 million Penny Black stamps were issued and there ...

Article: Penny Black win gives William red letter day; Stamp ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... envelopes ever sent to a North Wales town. Stamp collector ... Dolgellau and carried a rare Penny Black - the world's first ... Solicitor, Dolgellau, North Wales, was sent from Tredegar ... adhesive postage stamp - the Penny Black. It was probably delivered ...

Article: Meet Penny Black: In the rarity stakes she has the ...
The Scotsman;  May 13, 2000 ;     602 words ... ... NATIONWIDE search to find women called Penny Black has discovered the namesakes are considerably ... in London set out to find women named Penny Black to attend a celebration of what is considered ... major publicity campaign, only one Penny Black has been found alive and well and ...

Article: Happy 150th, Penny Black
The Washington Post;  June 29, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... birth of the stamp known simply as "the Penny Black." The stamp and its two-cent blue ... catalogue value of $2,000 for an unused Penny Black and $6,000 for the Blue in mint condition ... profile of Elizabeth II set against the Penny Black's portrait of Victoria. An international ...

Article: Gad fly - On the trail of the first Penny Black
The Northern Echo;  October 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the first destination of the famous Penny Black postage stamp.A heritage trail marks ... Bedlington was the destination of the first Penny Black.It's true - and last time it was put on the Penny Black market, worth at least [pounds]50 ...

Article: Penny Black makes a comeback, thanks to a Yorkshire ...
Yorkshire Post;  August 10, 2004 ;     513 words ... ... first postage stamp ever printed, the Penny Black, is in use today for the first time ... by a Yorkshireman. The world famous Penny Black will appear as a stamp within a stamp ... reforms and the introduction of the Penny Black, issued between 1840 and 1841. The ...