Then there is the historic pair of sketches in water-colours, roughly executed by Sir Rowland Hill to show the approximate appearance of the penny stamp in black and the twopence stamp in blue. This was sent by Hill to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
DESIGN FOR THE KING EDWARD ONE PENNY STAMP APPROVED AND INITIALLED BY HIS LATE MAJESTY.
(From the collection of H.M. King George V.)
In the line-engraved series, His Majesty has shown two copies of the 1d. V.R., and a fine series of imperforates of the 1d. red, Die I. and Die II., in a large range of shades; 1d. red with letters in all four corners (plates 132 and 225); 1d. red, in a pair, on Dickinson paper; ½d. rose-red (plate 9), 2d. blue with four letters (including plate 7), 1½d., plate 1 in bluish lake and plate 3 in brick-red.
THE COMPANION DESIGN TO THAT ON [PAGE 313], AND SHOWING THE CORRECT POSE OF THE HEAD, BUT IN A DIFFERENT FRAME, WHICH WAS NOT ADOPTED.
(From the collection of H.M. the King.)