Penny Lilac as perfins - that is with initials or insignia added as perforations to mint stamps which meant they could not be redeemed for cash at a post office. The addition of perfins was widespread practice in Britain from the 1860s as a precaution against theft. Penny Lilac The Penny Lilac was the basic penny postage stamp of Great Britain from its first issue on 12 July 1881 and was used until 1901. It superseded the short lived Penny Venetian Red because the Customs and Inland Revenue Act of 1881 necessitated new stamps that were also valid as revenue stamps, and
Laurie Penny vile sexist and anti-Semitic abuse" following the book's publication. Penny was selected by Truthdig as "Truthdigger of the Week" for the week of 25 November 2011. In 2012, "Tatler" magazine described her as one of top 100 'people who matter'. In October 2012, "The Daily Telegraph" ranked Penny as the 55th most influential left-winger in Britain, reporting that she is "without doubt the loudest and most controversial female voice on the radical left." In April 2014, Penny was announced as an International Nieman Fellow at Harvard. In August 2015, Penny endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.