Production Process and Issued stamps
Apart from the design changes, Harrisons had also been experimenting
with various papers and inks prior to being asked to print the stamps.
Trials with doubly fugitive gravure ink, involving the printing of 5
million stamps, all failed.
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As issued in September 1936 the four stamps of King Edward VIII were
very simple in format, quite different from anything that had gone
before. The design reflected the new King’s desire for simplicity and
change.
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