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Queen Victoria ( 1841 - 1857 )
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The penny postage stamp remained popular (with slight modification) through to the 1870's. Through this period many other countries introduced their own postage stamps. This allowed for a wider and easier scope for postage delivery, and brought the colonies and America lot closer to people in England
The Penny Red-Brown was introduced in 1841 because the recently introduced black-ink cancellation marks were hard to distinguish on the Penny Black, and people could often illegally re-use the cancelled stamps. Please note that the stamp is very similar to the Penny Black. two letters in the bottom corner, and NO line across the "ONE PENNY" at the bottom of the stamp.
A changed 2d Blue was also introduced in 1841. Notice the two letters in the lower corners, and the white line across the "TWO PENCE". The 1840 Two Pence Blue does NOT have this line.
Two Pence Blues dating between 1858 and 1870 have letters in all four corners.
Key events:
David Livingston (1813 - 1873) began his adventures in Africa in 1841.
Queen Victoria gave birth to her second child the future King Edward VII in November 1841;
England was also in the middle of the Opium war (1839 - 1841) with China, and Hong Kong was taken as a free port during this time.
The Crimean War (The Russian War) engaged much of Europe between 1853 and 1856 with the historical "Charge of the Light Brigade" taking place in 1854.
Strong campaigns for "Ocean Penny Postage" were launched primarily by Elihu Burritt (An American Philanthropist) in 1846. He argued that cheap postage would link all nations in trade and peace. There was a great deal of resistance especially in Britain.
The 1850's saw the introduction of Pillar Boxes (suggested by Anthony Trollope). This ended the need for bellmen who rung a bell for final postal collection.
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