Article: First stamps letter raises over pounds 25,000.(News)

Article: Meet Penny Black: In the rarity stakes she has the stamp licked
The Scotsman;  May 13, 2000 ;     394 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...a major publicity campaign, only one Penny Black has been found alive and well and ...

Article: RED-LETTER DAY FOR THE ONLY PENNY BLACK LEFT; SEARCH: SCOTS WOMAN PICKED AS ROYAL MAIL VIP.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 13, 2000 ;     320 words ...A NATIONWIDE search to find women called Penny Black has come up with just one - a Scot from Stonehaven...to attend a special celebration of the original Penny Black stamp later this month. But despite a UK-wide publicity...dwindling because young people do not know what a Penny Black ...

Article: Penny Black makes a comeback, thanks to a Yorkshire artist
Yorkshire Post;  August 10, 2004 ;     320 words ......Charnley THE first postage stamp ever printed, the Penny Black, is in use today for the first time since the...designed by a Yorkshireman. The world famous Penny Black will appear as a stamp within a stamp on an envelope...his postal reforms and the introduction of the Penny Black, ...

Article: First-class day out.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  April 14, 2000 ;     74 words ......'s most famous stamp - the Penny Black. Penny Blacks across the country who respond...the return of the original Penny Black printing presses, for the...The Stamp Show 2000. Any Penny Blacks who would like to join in...0171 379 0304, or write to: Penny ...

Article: QUEEN STAMPS UP.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  November 2, 2000 ;     70 words ...THE Queen is to buy a unique set of 10 Penny Black stamps for pounds 250,000. The first-day cover, or envelope...Philatelic Collection, said: It is the largest known block of Penny Blacks and of national importance. CAPTION(S): RARE: Penny Blacks

Article: Collection set to bring $400,000.
New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  March 28, 2008 ;     311 words ......stamps - and a set of about 40 penny blacks - the world's first postage stamps...these days you'd be lucky to get a penny black for anything under $300. For a...Mowbray International. But the penny blacks from the rarer plates are likely...

Article: Penny black among rare royal stamps for auction
Evening Standard - London;  February 20, 2001 ;     213 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 multiples...

Article: Penny black among rare royal stamps for auction.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 20, 2001 ;     223 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 multiples...

Article: Relic of early days of postal service
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 15, 2008 ;     474 words ......Chacewater" was posted, shown with the Penny Black on its side for some reason. Bearing...on Tuesday. A second cover with two Penny Blacks, addressed to a man in Ilfracombe, carries...pounds120-pounds60. For those seeking just Penny Blacks plenty are available, starting at pounds30...

Article: Rare Penny Blacks find.
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  May 1, 2009 ;     78 words ...RARE Penny Black stamps have been found on a stack of letters hidden in the loft of...would have fetched pounds 15,000 had they been in good condition. The Penny Black is among those first issued in the UK in 1840. Colin Knights, owner...

Article: Rare Penny Black found in attic.
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 1, 2009 ;     226 words ...ONE of the rarest examples of a Penny Black stamp has been discovered in a North Wales derelict attic...1841-dated postage stamp, pictured , was found alongside 26 other Penny Blacks, the first adhesive stamps used by any postal service in...

Article: Penny Black revived for Stamp Show 2000
The Independent - London;  April 24, 2000 ;     217 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 stamp coming back.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 24, 2000 ;     200 words ......were putting up stamp prices. They will print reproduction Penny Blacks 160 years after the stamp was first issued on May 6, 1840...A pounds 5 presentation pack containing a block of four Penny Black reproductions will be on sale from the Royal Mail Collectibles...

Article: Thieves steal pounds10,000 collection of stamps ; A collection of stamps worth about pounds10,000 has been stolen from a converted barn after thieves ripped the safe they were stored in from a wall.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 10, 2008 ;     334 words ......wall. Three stamp albums containing 20 Penny Blacks, 23 2D stamps, or Tuppenny blues, one...passports and other personal documents. The Penny Black, the world's first prepaid adhesive...market, a single pristine mounted mint Penny Black stamp is worth pounds2,275 while a mounted...