List of British postage stamps

-- Line Engraved --

• One penny black issued on the 1 May for use from the 6 May 1840
• Two pence blue contemporary issue with the penny black
• One Penny Red issued in 1841 to replace the penny black
• Two pence blue printed in a new ink. The disign has the adition of white * lines above and below the inscriptions.
• Halfpenny rose red issued in 1870 for the reduced postcard and newpaper rate
• Three half pence red introduced in 1870 for the reuced printed matter rate

-- Embosed --

• sixpence embossed
• ten pence embossed
• one shilling embossed

-- Surface printed --