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Unused block of forty-two Two Penny Blue postage stamps of Queen Victoria, after a design by William Wyon (MET, 2002.236.4)

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William Wyon: "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Wyon  (1795–1851)  wikidata:Q4102532
 
William Wyon
Description British sculptor, postage stamp designer, medalist and stampcutter
father of Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891)
Date of birth/death 1795 Edit this at Wikidata 29 October 1851 / 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Birmingham London
Work period 1817 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4102532
Title
"Two Penny Blue" postage stamps
Description
British; Postage stamps; Postage Stamps
Date issued March 13, 1841
Medium Engraving printed in blue ink on paper
Dimensions 4 11/16 × 7 1/8 in. (11.9 × 18.1 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Accession number
2002.236.4
Credit line Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/211421

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