What is Twelve Penny Black?
[[File:Stamp Canada 1851 12d black empress.jpg|thumb|230px|<small>1851 stamp of Queen Victoria issued by Canada</small>]] '''Twelve Penny Black''' is a rare [[Canada]] [[stamp]]. It was issued in 1851. The 12-[[pence]] stamp showed the [[portrait]] of [[Queen Victoria]]. == History == In 1851, the Province of Canada{{efn|Today this is [[wikt:approximately|approximately]] [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]].}} issued the stamps of Queen Victoria. For the stamp [[wikt:image|image]], the Queen's portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860) was used. This [[wikt:design|design]] is called the ''Chalon head''. The stamps were printed in [[New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Michel Catalog|title=Übersee-Katalog. Nord- und Mittelamerika|publisher=Michel|year=2000|pages=339}}</ref> In fine and unused [[wikt:condition|condition]], these stamps are very priced. In February 2006, a Twelve Penny Black was sold £116,000.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ashton, R.|title=Sale of the century|journal=Stamp Magazine|volume=73|issue=4|pages=44–51|date=April 2007}} Corrected in: ''Stamp Magazine'' '''73''' (5): 9.</ref> == Related pages == * [[Penny Black]] * [[Penny Lilac]] * [[Penny Red]] * [[Queen Victoria]] * [[Two Penny Blue]] == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commonscat|Chalon head}} * [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020117/020117030101_e.html Canadian stamps (1851–1875)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612122649/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020117/020117030101_e.html |date=2013-06-12 }} on the site of Library and Archives Canada. * {{cite web|url=http://www.saskatoonstamp.com/rare/rare_pence.htm|title=Pence (Sc #1–3)|work=Canada Rare Stamp Gallery|publisher=Saskatoon Stamp Centre|accessdate=2010-02-24|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/671UpbNI3?url=http://www.saskatoonstamp.com/rare/rare_pence.htm|archivedate=2012-04-18|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|url=http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=0003&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fw