Tag: Penny Black

This Day, That Year – May 1

The Empire State Building finally opened in New York City on this day in 1931. Did you know that: • “Penny Black” was the world’s first adhesive postage stamp issued by Great Britain on this day in 1840• A patent was granted to Nikola Tesla for the “electrical transmission of power” on this day in […]

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