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First world postal stamp ever issued : the Penny Black, Great Britain, 1840.

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Archived source : http://web.archive.org/web/20031005130408/www.uno.edu/~asoble/images/pblack2.jpg

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This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was commercially published prior to 1963; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1963.

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