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Summary

Description First world postal stamp ever issued : the Penny Black, Great Britain, 1840.
Date May 1840
Source http://www.uno.edu/~asoble/main.htm --> Dead link, 404 error
Archived source : https://web.archive.org/web/20031005130408/www.uno.edu/~asoble/images/pblack2.jpg
Author General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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