penny black

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение penny black в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

The world's first official postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of postal reforms

the first British stamp for sticking on envelopes. It was introduced in 1840, and its value was one penny, which was the cost of sending a letter by post in Britain. The stamp shows the head of Queen Victoria on a dark background, and stamp collectors consider it to be very important, although it is not the rarest British stamp

British postage stamp

Связанные Термины

Penny Blacks

plural form of Penny Black

Расстановка переносов

pen·ny black

Турецкое произношение

peni bläk

Произношение

/ˈpenē ˈblak/ /ˈpɛniː ˈblæk/

Этимология

() From its colour and face value.