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The Two Penny Blue or The Two Pence Blue was the world's second official postage stamp, [inconsistent] produced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and issued after the Penny Black. Initial printing took place from 1 May 1840, and in all 6,460,000 were printed from two plates until 29 August.
The Penny Blue is frequently mistaken for a postage stamp of Britain. It is from a series of proof impressions which were made at the time Rowland Hill was looking at the new colours which were to be used for the stamps which were to replace the Penny Black and the original 1840 issue of the Two pence Blue .
One Penny Black issued on 1 May for use from 6 May 1840; Penny Black VR official; Penny Blue proof impression, never used; Two penny blue contemporary issue with the Penny Black; One Penny Red issued in 1841 to replace the Penny Black (the first issue with perforations from 1848) Prince Consort Essay; Two penny blue printed in a new ink. The ...
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The first Mauritius edition was printed with 500 red and 500 blue stamps, each worth one penny. ... It entered limited production in 1856 and today only one copy is known to exist.
Three values of the octagonal stamps were introduced to cover higher foreign and registered postal charges on the following dates: 1 Shilling (green) - 11 September 1847, 10d (brown) - 6 November 1848, 6d (mauve/lilac/purple) - 1 March 1854 The 1 shilling was the first British postage stamp to bear a value above 2d. [2]
The 2 pence Mulready stationery issued in 1840. Rowland Hill expected the Mulready stationery to be more popular than the postage stamps but the postage stamp prevailed. The design was so elaborate and misunderstood that it generated widespread ridicule and lampooning, and in addition was perceived in some areas as a covert government attempt to control the supply of envelopes, and hence ...
1 ⁄ 2 d and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d (penny halfpenny – pronounced pennyhaypny or threehaypence) engraved stamps issued in 1870 were the last engraved types of Queen Victoria; the next would not appear until 1913. Surface-printed stamps of the 1860s and 1870s all used the same profile of Victoria, but a variety of frames, watermarks, and corner lettering.