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A "penny dreadful" was a cheap magazine, generally one featuring lurid tales of crime.
Penny Black
The penny black was the worlds first postage stamp in 1840.
The One Penny Black, the first postage stamp.
The first postage stamp is called the Penny Black. It was issued by Great Britain.
penny black
1840
The first adhesive postage stamp was the Penny Blackissued by the UK in 1840.
It was a postage stamp issued in Great Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May.
The British Penny Black stamp was was the first ever postage stamp. It was first issued on May 6, 1840.
A Canada two-penny black is an old, Canadian postage stamp.
The first stamp called the Penny Black was produced in 1840 in the United Kingdom. It featured a profile of Queen Victoria and was used to prepay postage. The Penny Black is known for being the world's first adhesive postage stamp.
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system. It was issued by Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May of that year.