Stamps That Changed the World

Issued Examples

Embossed Envelopes

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Head cut from two pence envelope, Die 1, dark blue, 1840

 

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A head cut from an 1841 two pence embossed envelope, one of several in the Royal Philatelic Collection.

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, Die 2, pale blue, 1840

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, Die 2, pale blue, 1840

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, Die 2, blue, 1855

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, Die 2 Pale blue, 1855

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, pink, 1855

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, dark blue, 1855

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, blue, 1855

 

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Head cut from two pence envelope, pale blue, 1855

 

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Two pence envelope, April 1841, specimen copy

 

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April 1841 Post Office Notice with two pence specimen envelope