Great
Britain Queen Victoria
Penny
Lilac, 16 dots in each corner
issued in 1881Authentic,
original old stamp
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Great
Britain 1881, Penny Lilac, Queen Victoria
The Penny Lilac was the basic penny postage and revenue
stamp of the United Kingdom from its first issue on 12 July
1881 until 1901. It superseded the short-lived Penny
Venetian Red because the Customs and Inland Revenue Act of
1881 necessitated new stamps that were valid for use as both
postage and revenue stamps, and so the Penny Lilac was
issued in that year, inscribed "POSTAGE AND INLAND REVENUE".
All previous stamps had been inscribed merely "POSTAGE".
This stamp remained the standard letter stamp for the
remainder of Queen Victoria's reign, and very large
quantities were printed.
The oval design of the Penny Lilac was adapted from that
used for revenue stamps in Britain from the early 1860s. In
that respect it represented a break with 40 years of
tradition in postage stamp design. Its predecessors (the
Penny Black, the Penny Red and the Penny Venetian Red) all
had rectangular designs. The use of the colour lilac for
low-value definitives was extended in 1884 when other
low-value stamps were issued in lilac, with green then being
used for higher-value stamps.
The Penny Lilac was a surface-printed stamp and was issued
in two forms:
Die I with 14 dots in each corner from 12 July 1881
(495,984,000 issued)
Die II with 16 dots in each corner, 13 December 1881 – 1901
(33,600,000,000 issued)
Penny Lilac stamps are often found as perfins—that is, with
initials or insignia added as perforations to mint stamps,
which meant that they could not be redeemed for cash at a
post office. Use of perfins was widespread in Britain from
the 1860s as a precaution against theft.
Penny Lilac |
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Country of production |
Great Britain |
Date of production |
12 July 1881; 142 years ago
to 1891; 133 years ago |
Depicts |
Queen Victoria |
Face value |
1d |
Queen Victoria
Ascending to the throne in
1837 aged 18 she is most notably associated with Britain’s
age of the Empire, as well as the country’s industrial
expansion and economic progress. Rare Queen Victoria stamps
are arguably the most valuable or sought-after stamps as the
world's first adhesive stamp - The Penny Black - that
features a portrait of the Queen was released in 1840. The
stamp revolutionised the British postal system and made it
affordable for anyone to send letters safely and securely.
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