Stamps to Mark a Coronation
Designs and Essays
Original sketch of 1953 Coronation stamp
Design rendering by Edmund Dulac for one of the 1953 Coronation stamps. The actual stamp using this design was a different value; other changes included the shape of the crown and the lettering of the initials E R.
2 1/2d Blue Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
2 1/2d Green Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
1/3d Blue Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
1/3d Green Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
2 1/2d Red Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
2 1/2d Green Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
1/6d Green Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
1/6d Blue Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
2 1/2d Green Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
4d Blue Essay of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Approved Final Essay, 2 1/2d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Approved Final Essay, 4d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Approved Final Essay, 1/3d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Approved Final Essay, 1/6d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Blocks of Issued Stamps
Block of 6, 2 1/2d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Block of 6, 4d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Block of 6, 1/3d of the 1953 Coronation stamp
Block of 6, 1/6d of the 1953 Coronation stamp