thegrandma8
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Post by thegrandma8 on Jun 23, 2014 18:49:21 GMT
Penny Black on postage stampsThank you Londonbus1 for giving the okay for a new thread!! Here are a couple of my favorite Penny Black Anniversary stamps:  This Penny Black 100th Anniversary stamp comes in a rainbow of colors. The full set was out of my price range (about $150) so I did the next best thing and bought the single in purple.  This First Day Cover from the 1970 London International Stamp Exhibition not only has a Penny Black 130th Anniversary stamp but in addition it has two other Queen Victoria issues and the cachet shows profiles of both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. (That is a lot of royalty on one small envelope!!) I am in the process of transferring all of my stamp photos to PhotoBucket so I will be posting more soon. Rolinda
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jun 23, 2014 21:37:15 GMT
That has always been one of my favourite stamp-on-stamp issues. I like the fact that the Victorian stamps get so much coverage. No big artistic frame, no mountain of text. Some stamp-on-stamp issues show nice classics that I would never see otherwise, but then they gob a bunch of other stuff on the same design. "A lot of feathers and not much chicken." ha ha
Ryan
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 24, 2014 0:58:35 GMT
This was given away free recently on The Stamp Forum. Zuzu shall be the caretaker soon.  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 24, 2014 1:06:35 GMT
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thegrandma8
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Post by thegrandma8 on Jul 6, 2014 23:45:14 GMT
Penny Black on postage stampsHi All..... On my first post in this thread I posted a pix of the stamp on the left that is now my avatar. At the time I purchased the individual purple the full set of 10 stamps was being sold on ebay for around $150. Well out of my price range being retired and all. But today was my lucky day!!!! I have been waiting for several days for a particular auction to conclude. I got the senior discount to beat all senior discounts when I won the auction this afternoon and yours truly is the now the proud owner of the full set of 10 stamps!!! I got them for under $40 including shipping!!! The only thing that could make it better would be if the dealer used a couple of hands full of Penny Blacks, Penny Reds and Two Penny Blues instead of bubble wrap!!! LOL!!!  Here they are..... More colors than a package of Skittles!!!!! 
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Post by Jen B on Jul 8, 2014 1:27:54 GMT
Beautiful set of stamps! And what a great deal.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 15, 2014 7:22:32 GMT
Penny Black on Australia 150 years anniversary 1990, with commemorative cancel, Perth Western Australia. sheet stamps and Souvenir Sheet    |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 6, 2014 2:47:07 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Sept 15, 2014 10:07:28 GMT
Queen Victoria. As collectors we are tuned to the graven image of the Queen. Here is another perspective, quite a lovely lass.....  |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jun 14, 2015 6:28:58 GMT
Cuba 1941 Penny Black on Cuba Cuba Etiquette  |
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Aug 21, 2015 4:05:48 GMT
Here's a 1990 issue from Liechtenstein to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Penny Black. And 150 rappen face value, too! I would guess this is a cutout from a first day cover. Why a soccer ball on the cancellation? On the same day (May 5), Liechtenstein also issued a stamp for the 1990 World Cup. Perhaps there was a joint FDC for both commemoratives (or maybe the wrong special postmark was placed on this stamp).  Ryan |
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bobby1948
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Post by bobby1948 on Feb 7, 2016 0:37:28 GMT
Cook Islands: Scott #1038
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Feb 7, 2016 9:03:03 GMT
Cook Islands: Scott #1038 Very nice! The lower right stamp in your block is relevant to my interests ... many, many years ago I made a fitful start on a topical collection of Albrecht Dürer stamps. I was an exchange student once upon a time in Nuremberg, Dürer's home town. I've been enthralled by his work ever since.  Ryan (who is always eager to add in a classic LOLcat image ....) |
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Post by outremer01 on Mar 14, 2020 11:31:42 GMT
Guernsey 3rd May 1990 150th Anniversary of the Penny Black Of the five stamps issued in this commemorative set, only one shows a Penny Black:  In addition to the normal MS showing all five stamps in the set, another overprinted for New Zealand 1990 International Stamp Exhibition was issued:  |
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Post by outremer01 on Mar 14, 2020 11:40:49 GMT
Great Britain (Royal Mail) 6th May 2015 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black self-adhesive booklet stamp:  booklet with stamps:  Souvenir sheet (normal gum):  |
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