Penny Blacks

A form of Penny Black — The world's first official national mail postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of the postal reforms establishing a uniform penny post.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Penny Black
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APA

Penny Blacks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penny%20Blacks

MLA

“Penny Blacks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penny%20Blacks. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Penny Blacks,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penny%20Blacks.

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