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UK Post Office Notice with attached 2d postal stationery specimen

Following public ridicule of the 1840 Mulready postal stationery letter sheets, they were withdrawn and replaced with stamped envelopes featuring an embossed cameo portrait of Queen Victoria. The die for the new envelopes was engraved by William Wyon, whose 1837 City Medal also inspired the young Queen's portrait on the Penny Black.

Date

April 1841

Type

Postal Stationery

Medium

paper; ink

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_2025.2007.1

Credit

Transfer from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, National Postal Museum Library