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First world postal stamp ever issued : the Penny Black, Great Britain, 1840.

Source : http://www.uno.edu/~asoble/main.htm --> Dead link, 404 error

Archived source : http://web.archive.org/web/20031005130408/www.uno.edu/~asoble/images/pblack2.jpg


Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was commercially published prior to 1963; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1963.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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