🌎 Country

Great Britain

📅 Year

1840

💰 Denomination

1d

📮 Issue type

Definitive

🖼 Topic

Royalty

The world's first adhesive postage stamp, valid from May 6, 1840. It carries Queen Victoria's profile and no country name — a privilege British stamps keep to this day. The letters in the lower corners give the stamp's position in the sheet.

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