Monday, March 23, 2009

The Penny Black

First Ever Postage Stamp. So there it is! Printed by Jacob Perkins, the American who made the first properly uncounterfeitable US dollars (or greenbacks) back in the 1840s. His process involved stainless steel plates instead of the copper ones that were easily copied. He ended up dying in poverty because the English didn't like him.
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