Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Queen’s head
or King’s head, subs. phr. (common).—A postage-stamp.
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1843. W. T. MONCRIEFF, The Scamps of London, i. 2. On that occasion you sent me a QUEEN’S HEAD, politely inviting me … to … advance you a few hundreds on your personal security.
