Page 125 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 1990: Nelson Mandela freed; Iraq invades Kuwait, first Gulf War starts; East and West

Germany reunited; Hubble Space Telescope launched; Emma Watson and Rita Ora born.

At the RPSL: 168 new members join, the greatest number in one year. Society heavily

involved in Stamp World London 1990 at Alexandra Palace.

RPSL Presidents were Patrick C. Pearson VRD and Dr. Alan K. Huggins.

Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1591.

lSOth ANNIVERSARY OF THE PENNY BLACK -

MINIATURE SHEET

From the collection of Robin Morton FRPSL.

Member since 1998. Lives in England .

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TONBRIDGE
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In 1990 the Royal Mail celebrated the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Penny Black with

the issue of a miniature sheet to coincide with the International Stamp Exhibition 'Stamp World

London 1990'. The sheet contained the 20p value from the set issued in January 1990, featuring a

famous portrait of H.M. Queen Victoria together with the Machin head of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

The miniature sheet design incorporated the figure of Britannia and seahorses from the high value

stamps from the reign of King George V, who was himself a prominent philatelist and Past President

of the Royal Philatelic Society London.