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 | | According to the Report from the Select Committee on Postage Stamps (1852) the Prince Consort Essays were apparently ordered by an engraver in Archer’s employment, Robert Edward Branston, and executed by Samuel William Reynolds. |
 | | The essays were printed finished in brown, red-brown, fl, blue and unfinished in blue, are known imperforate, rouletted and perforated 16. |
 | | The essays were surface printed in sheets of 36 (3 horizontal rows of 12), in sheets of 240 and in sheets of 252 (21 panes of 12). |
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