Welcome to the Penny Black 1840 Blog
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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Aust. 400 FU recent commemorative stamps, all on paper US $2.30 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:25:58 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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U.S. COMMEMORATIVE MIX OFF PAPER IN BOX, ALMOST 1 LB. US $18.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:34:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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BRAZIL - 50 Large Commemorative Stamps - Most Older US $1.25 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:34:58 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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RUSSIA -COLLECTION OF 48 VERY OLD COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS US $7.50 (5 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 17:54:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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* CAPT. JOHN SMITH COMMEMORATIVE 1 CENT POSTAGE STAMP * US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:00:00 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1981 Commemorative Mint Set No.881 US $0.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:22:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1982 Commemorative Mint Set No.882 US $3.25 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:24:46 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Reich Labor Service Commemorative Set 1944 US $0.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:25:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1994 MOON LANDING COMMEMORATIVE MINT SHEET /#2841 / MNH US $4.25 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:30:52 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1992 Commemorative Stamp Collection US $14.00 (13 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:31:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1994 Commemorative Stamp Collection US $5.50 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:37:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1990 Commemorative Stamp Collection US $6.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:43:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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1991 Commemorative Stamp Collection US $5.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:49:04 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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US American Flag commemorative stamp collection US $1.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 18:55:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Japan Used Large Commemorative Stamps 1000++ #716 US $11.72 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Jul-23-2008 19:00:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |


















