An example of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is being offered at auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday, with a price estimate of up to $8.25 million. Dating from 1840, the item is ...

The letter cover is adorned with a British Penny Black postage stamp, the world's first-ever adhesive postage stamp, and is dated May 2, 1840, just one day after the new stamp was released in the ...

Britain's most expensive stamp collection is being sold - and is expected to fetch up to £12M. The unique set includes the largest surviving block of unused Penny Blacks and has been dubbed the ...

King Charles becomes the seventh monarch to appear on stamps - Queen Victoria was the first, in 1840, when her profile was shown on a "Penny Black". The picture of Queen Victoria used on the first ...