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Description
English: 1840 Penny Blue stamp trial
Date March 1840
Source https://web.archive.org/web/20110820094224/http://imagesoftheworld.org/stamps/blue_colour_trial.jpg linked from this webpage Wayback Machine archive
Author Engraved by C & F Heath for the General Post Office and based on portrait of Queen Victoria by
William Wyon  (1795–1851)  wikidata:Q4102532
 
William Wyon
Description British sculptor, postage stamp designer, medalist and stampcutter
father of Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891)
Date of birth/death 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 29 October 1851 / 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Birmingham Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1817 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4102532

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  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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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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