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Penny Black: ‘First’ piece of mail sent using a stamp could fetch up to $2.5 million at auction
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The first known piece of mail sent using a stamp is to be auctioned for up to $2.5 million.
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The first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million when it comes up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York next month.
If the piece realizes its estimate, Sotheby’s said it would become the most valuable pieces of postal history to have ever been auctioned.
Dated May 2, 1840, the letter’s original recipient was William
Blenkinsop Jr., the 35-year-old manager of a Victorian iron works in
Bedlington, a town in the north of England. Sotheby’s state that all
that’s known about the letter’s sender is that they posted the missive
in London — about 300 miles to the south — and paid for it with the
Penny Black stamp. More info, here.
What do you do with your Christmas Cards?
Well it's time to put them away or do something with them? I have done both different years, this year I am hoping to take the time to do as I did in 2020.
I particularly like the photo cards. Sometimes I add in messages.
Wish me luck?
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8 comments:
Thank you Jacki. You get me over the life speed bumps that helps us Slow down. 🐌
Jacki, that's again one of those collages I like most.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you are doing with your many Christmas cards. Here writing Christmas cards isn't very popular any more but I have saved some from former years and they too wait for a new use. I hope you give me an idea.
You were right in your yesterday's answer to my comment. Time was very different when we were children. But boarding school at 6 years was very hard. An experience I learned a lot the hard way. But life goes on.
Thanks Anonymous? for your kind words.
Thanks Elenor, I haven't got to the cards yet, distracted by the Australian Open tennis and Sumo has started. Take good care.
Jacki,
How do you do it day by day? The video on red lipstick was such a beautifully designed set of graphics. I could watch it again and again.
(Can you imagine misplacing that stamp after you purchased it? That would ruin your day!)
The last thought is soooo true. Great
I just love how you put this and that paper together in either an analog or digital collage. You always intrigue me with what you create. :-)
Thank you, Carrol. Misplacing things is my new constant! I think the blog is good for me to get at least that done each day, many times, not much more? Miss you, but love seeing your FB posts!
Thanks so much, John. I love getting feedback from you! Take good care, is it cold up there?
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