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01 May 2020 The first stamp issued in the world cost a penny and was black, which is why it was nicknamed Penny Black. The creator, Rowland Hill, invented a piece of paper of sufficient size for stamping and with an adhesive side to be able to glue it. The stamp stamped by a post office was proof of payment of the shipping and delivery service to the recipient. Before the invention of the stamp, the recipient paid on delivery, while the sender had no certainty that a letter would be delivered to the recipient. The postal rate instead depended on the quantity of pages and the distance traveled by the postman. Now the cost of Penny Black among collectors varies between 75 and 20 thousand pounds, but it is not considered a rarity since in 9 months, before the replacement with Penny Red, 70 million pieces were printed, in a country with 14 million inhabitants . The profile of the young Queen Victoria was chosen as a drawing. With the arrival of the stamp, people had started writing letters not only out of necessity, but also out of pleasure, also increasing the literacy level of the population.Great Britain: 180 years ago the first Penny Black stamp was issued
2020-05-01T17:05:43.619Z
The first stamp issued in the world cost a penny and was black, so it was nicknamed Penny Black. The creator, Rowland Hill, invented a piece of paper of sufficient size for stamping and with an adhesive side to be able to glue it. The stamp stamped by a post office was proof of payment of the shipping and delivery service to the recipient. Before the invention of the stamp, the recipient paid on delivery, while the sender had no certainty that a letter would be delivered to the recipient. The postal rate instead depended on the quantity of pages and the distance traveled by the postman. Now the cost of Penny Black among collectors varies between 75 and 20 thousand pounds, but it is not considered a rarity since in 9 months, before the replacement with Penny Red, 70 million pieces were printed, in a country with 14 million inhabitants . The profile of the young Queen Victoria was chosen as a drawing. With the arrival of the stamp, people had started writing letters not only out of necessity, but also out of pleasure, also increasing the literacy level of the population.
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