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Showing posts with label Penny Black Stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penny Black Stamps. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Stamp Collecting | Penny Black stamps found in a hidden cupboard in a Post Office to sell for £200k

  Penny Black stamps found in a hidden cupboard in a Post Office to sell for £200k

"...The stamps were discovered in 1905 during renovations at the Dublin General Post Office.

After a wall was knocked down builders found a hidden cupboard containing 175 Penny Black stamps – which had been untouched since 1840.

The sheet of Penny Blacks – the world’s first postage stamp..."

Reference: swns.com