Saint Helena · 1856 First Issue
Queen Victoria 6p blue
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US$66Rⓘ
From Saint Helena's very first stamp issue, 1 January 1856.
ConditionUsed, imperforate, small vertical cut in lower margin mostly visible from the back
CatalogueSG 1 (£225), Scott 1
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Issue background
Few places are remembered for a single prisoner. Thirty-five years after Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on Saint Helena, the island issued its first postage stamp on 1 January 1856. The entire first issue consisted of a single value, a 6d blue imperforate stamp recess-printed by Perkins Bacon in London.…
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