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1/4 Crown - Elizabeth II Penny Black Stamp
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2015-2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Penny Black, issued in May 1840, was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system — a direct result of Rowland Hill's 1837 reform pamphlet arguing that postal rates should be uniform and prepaid by the sender rather than collected from the recipient. Gibraltar has long issued coins tied to British philatelic history given its status as a Crown dependency with its own postal heritage, and this piece layers ruthenium black over gold to approximate the stamp's distinctive ink coloration — a technically unusual combination for a bullion-adjacent issue.