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The oldest piece of mail to use a pre-paid Penny Black stamp is set to be auctioned in New York. The British Penny Black was the first-ever adhesive postage stamp. The letter cover has a sale estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million, per Sotheby's. AdvertisementThe oldest surviving piece of mail to use a pre-paid postage stamp is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York. The document, known as "The Genesis of Philately," is one of the earliest known examples of the Penny Black stamp.
Persons: Penny, British Penny Black, , William H, Penny Black, William Mulready, Allen Kane, Sotheby's, William Blenkinsop Jr, Blenkinsop, Blenkinsop —, Richard Austin Organizations: Service, British Penny, Gross, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, CNN Locations: New York, British, Irish, Northumberland, England, London, Dalston , Carlisle
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