Long to Reign Over Us
Stamp name: William Wyon’s City Medal
Value: First Class
Release date: 9 September 2015
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About this stamp
William Wyon’s City Medal, featuring the head of Queen Victoria, commemorated her first visit to London. The image on the Penny Black (the world’s first postage stamp) was based on this portrait, which in turn was based on a sketch of Princess Victoria when she was 15 years old.
