Simultaneous Development of Philately, Geology, and
Palaeontology as a Result of the British Industrial Revolution
Part 9: References.
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Queen Victoria
William Wyon
Rowland Hill Henry Cole Richard Phillips
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The Maltese Cross
Watermarks Postal stationery Post Boxes
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Edward Stanley Gibbons
Stanley Gibbons Jacob Perkins "Perkins, Bacon & Petch" William Mulready |
Penny Black
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Penny Blue
Penny Red Universal Postal Union (UPU) Illustrated Envelopes
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Mulready postal stationery
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Specialised Literature about the Postal Reform in Great Britain, the Penny stamps, "Maltese Cross" and the Mulready postal stationery items
- "International Postal Reforms, volumes 1 and 2, Postal Reforms and the Historical Background to the Postage Stamp 1550 to 1898", by James Grimwood-Taylor RDP FRPSL, published by the Royal Philatelic Society London in 2020, ISBN: 978-1-913015-06-0 and 978-1-913015-07-7.
- "Postal Reform and the Penny Black - a new appreciation", by Douglas N Muir published by the National Postal Museum in London in 1990, ISBN: 9780951594803.
- "The British Postage Stamp of the 19th century" by Robson Lowe, published by the National Postal Museum London in 1968.
- "The plating of the Penny Black postage stamp of Great Britain 1840", by Charles Nissen, published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd. in London in 1998. ISBN: 0-85259-459-3
- GB Specialised Volume 1 Part 1 'Queen Victoria' Stamp Catalogue (1st Edition), published by Stanley Gibbons in 2020, ISBN: 978-1-911304-54-8.
- Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1840-1970 (127th Edition 2025), published by Stanley Gibbons in 2024, ISBN: 978-1-8051792-1-4,
- MICHEL "Großbritannien-Spezial 2022/2023" published by Schwaneberger Verlag in Germering in 2022. in German. ISBN: 978-3-95402-407-0.
- Queen Victoria: A Rearrangement Into Numerical Order of The Measurements in ‘The Plating Of The Penny ’ Fifth Edition (PDF), 2022 Edited By Mike Batty, published by the Great Britain Philatelic Society in 2022.
- "Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland", by Professor S. David Rockoff and Mike Jackson, volume 1, published by Hobbs the Printers Limited in 2006. ISBN: 0-9528274-3-3.
- "The Mulready Caricature", by Robin Cassel and Richard Hobbs, published by the Royal Philatelic Society London in two volumes in 2024 (ISBN 978-1-913015-31-2), printed by "Pardy and Son". The book includes 2,392 images of all known copies.
- "The Mulready postal stationery - its Genesis, Production and Usage", by Alan Huggins and Alan Holyoake, published by GB Philatelic Publication Ltd. in 2015. ISBN: 978-0-907630-29-6
- "The Returned Letter Offices of Great Britain to 1912 and Beyond", by J. Kenneth Snelson and Robert B. Galland, published by GB Philatelic Publication Ltd. in 2017. ISBN: 978-0-900631-91-7
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For more details about the Penny stamps and the Maltese Cross please watch the following YouTube videos.
Plating the Penny stamps
Valuing the Penny stamps
Other Topics
| The Rolling Press for Pictures - uses the same principle as the press used to print the Penny stamps in 1840. | The first Christmas Card was designed by Henry Cole who helped Sir Rowland Hill to design and produce the Penny stamps. |







