Penny Black

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Penny Black

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noun Penny Blacks

The world's first official national mail postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of the postal reforms establishing a uniform penny post.

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@misc{penny_black_2026,
  title = {Penny Black},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penny%20black},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}