Charles Heath
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Charles Theodosius Heath was a British engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator.
Saighton Grange (1817, engraving after George Pickering)
View of the Louvre (1831, engraved after Augustus Charles Pugin)
Silvia (character from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", 1849, engraving after John William Wright)
Penny Black
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The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp fe
A Penny Black, with a red cancellation that was hard to see and easily removed
Large mint block of the Penny Black
The Jacob Perkins' press, which printed the Penny Black and the 2d Blue, in the British Library Philatelic Collections