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William Wyon (1795-1851) became chief engraver at the Royal Mint in 1828, in 1834 he modeled the head of Princess Victoria when she was 15, and this was subsequently used for the City Medal struck in 1837 to celebrate her first visit to the City of London after her accession to the throne when she was 18. This was the model for the head on the line-engraved stamps of 1840-79, the embossed stamps of 1847-54 and the postal stationary 1841-1901. The primary die used for the embossed issue was engraved by William Wyon, and the 1s and 10d stamps have the initials ww along with the die number at the base of the neck.

His design also influenced the surface-printed stamps first printed in 1855. The name of William Wyon is also well known amongst coin and medal collectors because of his prodigious output and artistic skill.

In all portraits of Queen Victoria on British stamps the hair goes above the ear and over the crown as on the Wyon medal. Queen Victoria also faces to the left on the stamps.

Princess Victoria was born May 24 1819, she became Queen in 1837 aged 18, and died in Jan 22, 1901 aged 81, she reigned for 63 years. She was twenty when the penny black was issued on 6th May 1840. Over her 61 year reign, she never ages; all the stamps are based on William Wyons.

- Mrs. Nagalakshmi Tadakaluri, Philatelist.



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