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DescriptionPenny black.jpg	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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current	14:27, 7 October 2023	490 × 570 (402 KB)	Meidosensei	.
	03:35, 28 September 2023	490 × 570 (415 KB)	Meidosensei	.
	15:06, 7 September 2023	490 × 570 (410 KB)	Ww2censor	Reverted to version as of 14:22, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
	14:03, 6 September 2023	700 × 800 (598 KB)	Meidosensei	own
	14:22, 10 July 2023	490 × 570 (410 KB)	Meidosensei	.
	09:14, 28 August 2007	491 × 570 (362 KB)	Сдобников А.
	15:23, 6 April 2005	468 × 549 (49 KB)	Sebjarod	First world postal stamp ever issued : the Penny Black, Great Britain, 1840. Source : source : http://www.uno.edu/~asoble/main.htm ((PD)) Category:stamps