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Welcome to the Penny Black 1840 Blog looking at the stories behind postage stamps and taking a wide look at philately and stamp collecting around the world.
Whilst leafing through some old stamp albums from childhood recently I suddenly felt a renewed interest in some of the postage stamps that I had long ago dismissed as a merely juvenile collection of jumbled commemorative issues from around the world, in favour of my adult interest in Victorian line engraved stamps. With a jolt I realised that most of these stamps had been issued in the late 1960s and early 1970s and that I’d hardly looked at them in last thirty years! Although none of them were particularly rare some them of them were actually rather interesting…
I’m now in the process of scanning and researching the stories, anniversaries and events behind the postage stamps in my collection and will post them here regularly.
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JOSEPH PRIESTLEY GOLD COMMEMORATIVE STAMP | |||
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0 Bid | US $5.00 | 21m | |
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GIRL SCOUTS USA 1987 Commemorative MNH Stamp 2251 | |||
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1 Bid | US $.49 | 24m | |
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ASSORTED 1960s US COMMEMORATIVE STAMP LOT USED VF | |||
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US $3.99 | 2h 27m | |
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THE AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ALBUM | |||
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1 Bid | US $5.00 | 6h 26m | |
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CANBERRA Commemorative stamps 1927 | |||
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0 Bid | US $9.69 | 6h 48m | |
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OVER 100 AUSTRALIAN COMMEMORATIVES off paper | |||
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0 Bid | US $3.22 | 7h 9m | |
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1893 Columbian Commemoratives 237 Black Brown D Gum | |||
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0 Bid | US $50.00 | 7h 10m | |
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ROSE AND LOVE LETTERS 40 commemorative USPS stamps NIP | |||
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0 Bid | US $24.99 | 7h 39m | |
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US POSTAL SERVICE MINT SET OF COMMEMORATIVE 1981 | |||
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1 Bid | US $3.99 | 8h 42m | |
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US POSTAL SERVICE MINT SET OF COMMEMORATIVE 1979 | |||
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0 Bid | US $3.99 | 8h 43m | |
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US POSTAL SERVICE MINT SET OF COMMEMORATIVE 1978 | |||
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0 Bid | US $3.99 | 8h 43m | |
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OLDER 3 CENT COMMEMORATIVES IN VF NH BLOX OF FOUR | |||
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1 Bid | US $2.99 | 9h 38m | |
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AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE PANEL VFW VETERANS | |||
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US $5.50 | 10h | |
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AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE PANEL SKYLAB | |||
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US $6.00 | 10h 39m | |
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RWANDA STAMPS MIXED LOT COMMEMORATIVES SPECIALTIES | |||
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0 Bid | US $.99 | 10h 48m | |
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