Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: Cadbury or the Penny Black, the first stamp?
Cadbury came first, in 1824 (founded). The Penny Black, the first stamp followed 16 years later, in 1840 (issued).
- First1824
Cadbury
company · foundedJohn Cadbury began selling tea, coffee and drinking chocolate on Bull Street in Birmingham in 1824.
- Second1840
The Penny Black, the first stamp
stamp · issuedThe Penny Black of 1840 was the world's first adhesive postage stamp.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.