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    Posted: 25 August 2018 at 11:05
Here is a signed proof for a Mozart Cinderella. It is signed by the designer G Wimmer. 

Mozart proof by Spicer57, on Flickr

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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