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Penny Black Postage Stamp Canvas Print

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Custom (90.83cm x 106.68cm)
1.25" (3.175 cm)
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Media Type: Premium Wrapped Canvas

Turn your cherished memories into a wonderful work of art with Zazzle’s premium Giclee-wrapped canvas. Made from an additive-free cotton-poly blend archival paper, our instant-dry canvases make for long-lasting, fade-resistant prints. Using pigment-based inks (rather than dye-based inks), your photos and artwork will be printed at the highest resolution, preserving all their original detail and their full-color spectrum. Add your family photos, vacation pictures, artwork, and other beautiful moments to craft great mementos for your home!

Material:

  • Standard digital print canvas
  • Satin/matte finish
  • Scratch, crack, and warp resistant
  • Print:

  • State of the art printing technology for sharp photographic reproduction and color fidelity
  • UL certified GREENGUARD GOLD ink
  • Fade & Water resistant
  • Anti-yellowing
  • Stretcher Bar:

  • FSC Certified from sustainable forests
  • Knot, Sap and Warp free
  • Finger jointed for strength
  • Kiln dried
  • Shallow wall offset
  • Optional Framing:

  • Material: 100% real pine wood
  • Dimensions: 1.75" depth x 3/8" front width, with a 3/8" gap between canvas and frame
  • 100% kiln dried moulding
  • Twice sanded & finished without toxins or chipping
  • Available in professional Matte Black, White, and Espresso Brown finishes
  • Please note: there is only one frame depth, so 1.25" canvas may protrude slighly above the frame, while .75" canvas will be inset
  • Mounting:

  • Ready to hang - pre-installed sawtooth hanging hardware
  • Rubber bumpers - pre-installed bumpers protect wall surface and keeps print straight on the wall
  • Care:

  • Clean with a dry cloth when needed
  • About This Design

    Penny Black Postage Stamp Canvas Print

    Penny Black Postage Stamp Canvas Print

    Features an image of the British "Penny Black in mint condition on an old paper background. The Penny Black was the first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. The Penny Black was issued in London on May 1, 1840. Before 1840 it was normal to pay for postage upon receipt of a letter. Postage was calculated by the number of sheets and the distance travelled. The idea of a pre-paid postage stamp was included in a set of proposals to reform the British postal system in 1837. Private postal systems may have used adhesive stamps before 1840. An engraving of Queen Victoria as a 15-year-old former princess was chosen as the design for the first stamp. It was believed that the design would be difficult to forge. All stamps of the United Kingdom British bear a picture or silhouette of the reigning monarch in lieu of the country name. All other postage stamps name their country of origin. The Penny Black was in use for only a little over a year. It was found that a red cancellation was hard to see on a black background and the red ink was easy to remove, making it possible to re-use stamps after they had been cancelled. In 1841,it was replaced by a stamp bearing the same design, the Penny Red, but printed with a reddish ink. The Penny Red was cancelled with black ink, much harder to remove. The Penny Black is not a very rare stamp. A total of 286,700 sheets with 68,808,000 stamps, were printed and a substantial number of these have survived, largely because envelopes were not normally used: letters in the form of letter sheets were folded and sealed, with the stamp and the address on the obverse. If the letter was kept, the stamp survived.

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    Product ID: 192255356080450761
    Created on 07/05/2014, 20:48
    Rating: G