Title: Unused block of four "Penny Black" postage stamps of Queen Victoria
Object type: Postage stamps
Date: issued May 6, 1840
Artist: After a design by William Wyon 
Artist bio: British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving printed in black ink on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (4.8 × 5.4 cm)
Classification: Postage Stamps
Credit line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Profiles, term: Women, term: Queen Victoria