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First Person Portrayed on a Stamp |
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The first person portrayed on a stamp was Queen Victoria whose profile by Henry Corbould, based on a metallic effigy by William Wyon in 1837, when when she was eighteen years old, was used for the Penny Black and Twopence Blue of 1840. Incredibly the profile remained in use throughout the next sixty-two years - even after the Queen's death at the age of eighty-two. The Wyon profile, however, survived on the stamps of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria as late as 1913.
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