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Could you imagine how the conversation would have gone.

May 1, 1840

Entirecollector1
4hrs ago
Today I received notice from post office that they will issued a 1 penny black stamp on May 6.

Entirecollector2
2hrs ago
Is this new ? Do you think it will last ?

Entirecollector1
1hr ago
They say in the publicity it is only one stamp. colour black. But then they say it will have different letters in each corner.

Entirecollector2
32 mins ago
Typical post office, say it one value but all different stamps. They never learn !
All they want is to rip off the stamp collector. I will have buy a whole sheet to get each different letter combination on a FDC.

Nothing has changed in 150 years has it................

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And stepping back a little further:

Collector 4 - Now I hear the b*stards have issued it in at least ELEVEN different plate numbers I'll have to collect the lot I suppose.

And the Mulready's .. and not just an envelope but a lettersheet as well. AND the same for the 2d value in both stamps and stationary. What a rip-off for the collector.

That does it .. these new issues have got totally out of hand.

Another collector in the year of our Lord 1840 wrote; I picked up enough of these 'Black Queen
Victoria 1d labels' to fill my pillow today, I do not see any other use for them..........

June 1840 -

StampPolice1 - "someones worked out how to rub the cancel off and reuse the stamp! Send them all to Australia I say what."

RowlyHill1 - "fellow servants, lets change the ink to black and make it impossible to remove."

UnderlingZ - "but boss, the stamp IS black."

RowlyHill1 - "then we change the stamp to Red! And make 300 different plates of them. That'll confound the blighters and give them a page 2 for their album."

QueenyVic - "My husband and I wish to discover if your have become Communist making ones somber appearance Red? An why does the back of my head always feel wet?"

Joanne620's Granny - "Unbelievable, perfect, post office fresh MUH, so hard to get with huuuge margins, rare penny blacks (guranteed they werent Red's filled in) colour - only avaliable at Covent garden markets stall F. Look for the "Man" in a cape".

MarketBunny - "Oh I'll pay 2 pence for every mint black one you have."

DrWho - "Hey you lot, stop stuffing up history."

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Greg - Looking for Goulburn Australia Cancels and Grangemouth Scotland Cancels and Covers
Member of the S.T.A.M.P Club for Slightly Twisted And Mad Philatelists - Motto: "Bring back the lick!"

June to Dec. 14th. 9: 33 AM, 1840 [communications were slow in those days]; Queen Victorias Flatulence councillor ; Dearest Rowland ; I'm glad you just got the top image of her majesty as her bottom half is not holding up very well.............P.S. in the future please refrain from showing any member of the Royal families entire body until at least for the next 70 years cheers Q.V.

Actually, in 1840 Victoria would have been a stunner!

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Peter
Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

...but a very short one - she was only 4' 11'' at best, and had shrunk to 4' 7" by 1901.

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John

Looking for used pre-decimal OS/NSW and G/NSW state perfins, and NWPI KGV overprints.

"We're" melting, "we're" mellllltingggg...

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Italian Senator to Ceaser: Hey C watch out for brutis he's got a blade.

American indians to other indians: settlers comming lets get rid of them before we lose our land

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Could this of been how it all started?

Well Julies Ceaser would have recieved a message "watch out for Brutas and the senators"