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Exhibits : The Queen's Own : Postal Reforms : The Penny Red : 1841 Twopenny Blue

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The Queen's Own: Stamps That Changed the World







Introducing the Penny Red:
1841 Twopenny Blue



1841 Twopenny Blue, trial colors, November 20, 1840
1841 Twopenny Blue, trial colors, November 20, 1840


1841 Twopenny Blue, chosen trial color AA, November 1840
1841 Twopenny Blue, chosen trial color AA, November 1840


1841 Twopenny Blue, specimens sent to Rowland Hill by Perkins, Bacon, October 26, 1840
1841 Twopenny Blue, specimens sent to Rowland Hill by Perkins, Bacon, October 26, 1840


1841 Twopenny Blues, January 1841, Post Office specimens
1841 Twopenny Blues, January 1841, Post Office specimens


Plate 3, 1841 Twopenny Blue, imprimatur impression, February 25, 1841
Plate 3, 1841 Twopenny Blue, imprimatur impression, February 25, 1841


Plate 4, 1841 Twopenny Blue, imprimatur impression, December 6, 1849
Plate 4, 1841 Twopenny Blue, imprimatur impression, December 6, 1849


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