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  2. Penny Lilac - Wikipedia

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    The Penny Lilac was the basic penny postage and revenue stamp of the United Kingdom from its first issue on 12 July 1881 until 1901. [1] It superseded the short-lived Penny Venetian Red because the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1881 necessitated new stamps that were valid for use as both postage and revenue stamps, and so the Penny Lilac was issued in that year, inscribed "POSTAGE AND INLAND ...

  3. Penny Red - Wikipedia

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    The stamps were printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12 stamps), so one row cost 1 shilling and a complete sheet one pound. This configuration of 240 stamps per sheet continued with all low-value British postage stamps issued until decimalisation in 1971, when the sheet size was changed to 200 (20 rows of 10 stamps), making the lowest value ...

  4. Penny Black - Wikipedia

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    The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria. In 1837, British postal rates were high, complex and anomalous. To simplify matters, Sir Rowland Hill proposed an adhesive stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage. [ 2 ]

  5. What your old stamps are worth now

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    However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be worth a lot of money. You may not be aware, but stamp collecting is an extremely popular hobby, and some collectors are ...

  6. Queen Victoria Lilac and Green Issue - Wikipedia

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    Queen Victoria Lilac and Green Issue. The Lilac and Green issue is a series of postage and revenue stamps issued in the United Kingdom in 1883 and 1884. The stamps are known as such because they were only printed in those two colours; lilac being used for the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d, 2d, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 d, 3d values and dull green for the 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d and 1s.

  7. List of British postage stamps - Wikipedia

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    High value definitives, 5s to £5 1867–83; Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81; Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp; High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84; Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883; Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Victoria's first postage stamps appeared on 9 January 1850. [1] They were engraved and lithographed locally by Thomas Ham of Melbourne, and featured a half-length portrait of Queen Victoria seated, holding orb and scepter. There were three values: 1d in orange-vermilion, 2d in lilac-mauve, and 3d in blue.

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom

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    The Postage Stamps of Great Britain. Part 3, The embossed issues; The surface-printed issues of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. London: Royal Philatelic Society, 1964, 344p. Seymour, J.B. and Clive Gardiner-Hill. The Postage Stamps of Great Britain: Part 1, Introduction to the line-engraved issues: the imperforate line-engraved issues, 1840 ...

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