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    Posted: 05 April 2021 at 23:56
Nostalgia for the days when a half a penny actually meant something!  

No-one ever dreamt then that coins might ever be taken out of circulation in favour of contactless payments  :-(

Lovely stuff, great collection Daniel.
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Here are the issued stamps along with the proofs for comparison:

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 March 2019 at 03:23
Originally posted by Colin Colin wrote:

I think I may have some examples of the final designs, if I can find them I will post them here.

His signature reminds me of so many of my art school tutor's handwriting, there is something about it that is very 1980s, compared to the calligraphic hand of Anthony Halliwell, and the roundhand script of the Mozart proof a couple of posts above it. Were these from Stampex?

No, I didn't get them from Stampex. Looking at some older proofs at Stampex, they seemed to start at £100 plus. These were much cheaper on ebay from someone who had acquired a nice lot of his artwork.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Colin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 March 2019 at 22:23
I think I may have some examples of the final designs, if I can find them I will post them here.

His signature reminds me of so many of my art school tutor's handwriting, there is something about it that is very 1980s, compared to the calligraphic hand of Anthony Halliwell, and the roundhand script of the Mozart proof a couple of posts above it. Were these from Stampex?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 March 2019 at 12:23
Here is a set of proofs from Andrew Restall for the 1983 British Fairs stamps. Although Restall was the successful designer for this issue, his final designs were very different to these.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 January 2019 at 13:23
This card, mocked up from 3 other card essays, shows Andrew Restall's design for the British Ships  stamps for 1969. It was used to test a red varnish.


Ultimately, David Gentleman's designs were used for the stamp issue.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 September 2018 at 07:48
This is a British Empire Air Mail essay one penny value. It is signed on the back but I can't read the signature. It appears to have some age.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 August 2018 at 11:51
These 2 essays show designs for British postage stamps for the 1953 Coronation and definitives for 1952 and are both by, and signed by, Anthony Helliwell.

Essays1 by Spicer57, on Flickr
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Daniel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 August 2018 at 11:44
Here is an attractive pair of stamp essays. The first one is actually a photographic proof for an Overseas Dominion stamp by De La Rue. The second is an essay for the one pound Postal Union Congress stamp for 1929, it is a reproduction

Test and Essay by Spicer57, on Flickr
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