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Article: Meet Penny Black: In the rarity stakes she has the ...
The Scotsman;  May 13, 2000 ;     602 words ... ... together as many Penny Blacks as possible to ... the original penny black printing presses ... rarity. All the Penny Blacks who are found ... 2000 facsimile penny black stamps. Emma ... quite how rare Penny Blacks are. We are ...

Article: RED-LETTER DAY FOR THE ONLY PENNY BLACK LEFT; ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 13, 2000 ;     550 words ... ... people do not know what a Penny Black is." Penny, an assistant ... hoped to gather as many Penny Blacks as possible at the Stamp ... original presses. The Penny Black was the first British ... that there were so few Penny Blacks across the UK. She ...

Article: Penny Black makes a comeback, thanks to a Yorkshire ...
Yorkshire Post;  August 10, 2004 ;     505 words ... ... Yorkshireman. The world famous Penny Black will appear as a stamp ... introduction of the Penny Black, issued between 1840 ... Penny Post and the first Penny Black was issued in 1840 bearing ... They were known as Penny Blacks because the first stamps ...

Article: Happy 150th, Penny Black
The Washington Post;  June 29, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... known simply as "the Penny Black." The stamp and its ... 000 for an unused Penny Black and $6,000 for the ... t afford one of the Penny Blacks, then this is the year ... Elizabeth II set against the Penny Black's portrait of Victoria ...

Article: Penny black among rare royal stamps for auction.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 20, 2001 ;     447 words ... ... to collectors today. They include a penny black on a wrapper sent from Liverpool to ... purchase of a first day cover of 10 1840 penny blacks, to ensure that the collection remains ... George V - are mint examples of 1840 penny blacks and twopenny blues, in singles and ...

Article: Penny Black revived for Stamp Show 2000
The Independent - London;  April 24, 2000 ;     428 words ... ... The Royal Mail will print reproduction Penny Blacks 160 years after the stamp was first ... Royal Philatelic Society, said: "This Penny Black reproduction is surely the ultimate ... pack containing a block of four of the Penny Black reproductions will be on sale from the ...

Article: Penny black among rare royal stamps for auction
Evening Standard - London;  February 20, 2001 ;     424 words ... ... to collectors today. They include a penny black on a wrapper sent from Liverpool to ... purchase of a first day cover of 10 1840 penny blacks, to ensure that the collection remains ... George V - are mint examples of 1840 penny blacks and twopenny blues, in singles and ...