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Description

English: 1840 Penny Blue stamp trial

Date

March 1840

Source

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Author

Engraved by C & F Heath for the General Post Office and based on portrait of Queen Victoria by



Description	British sculptor, postage stamp designer, medalist and stampcutter father of Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891)
Date of birth/death	1795	29 October 1851 / 1851
Location of birth/death	Birmingham	London
Work period	1817
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q4102532 VIAF: 96550826 ISNI: 0000000120186664 ULAN: 500117324 LCCN: no2011092370 Oxford Dict.: 30173 WorldCat

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2007-05-27 09:19 Blofeld of SPECTRE 344×395×8 (48342 bytes) *http://imagesoftheworld.org/stamps/blue_colour_trial.jpg [[Penny Blue]] 1840

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