Penny Lilac of the Penny Lilac was adapted from that used for revenue stamps in Britain from the early 1860s. In that respect it represented a break with 40 years of tradition in postage stamp design. Its predecessors (the Penny Black, the Penny Red and the Penny Venetian Red) all had rectangular designs. The use of the colour lilac for low value definitives was extended in 1884 when other low-value stamps were issued in lilac, with green then being used for higher-value stamps. The Penny Lilac was a surface-printed stamp and was issued in two forms: Penny Lilac stamps are often found
Laurie Penny was leaving "The Independent" to rejoin the "New Statesman" (in November) as a columnist and contributing editor. Penny is the author of "" (Zero Books, 2011) and" Penny Red: Notes from a New Age of Dissent "(Pluto Press, 2011). In "Meat Market" she mounts an attack on liberal feminism, which she characterises as embracing the consumer choice offered by capitalism as the path to female emancipation. "Penny Red" was shortlisted for the inaugural Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing in 2012. "" was published in July 2014. Shortly afterwards, Penny stated she had been subjected to "a stream of