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At the end of July, 1934 they drew up a list of instructions for competing artists</div> <div>    - Four face values ½d; 1d; 1½d; 2½d </div> <div>    - Dimensions: 1.3 x 1.1 inches (height x width)</div> <div>    - Design to include </div> <div>           - space for King's head (to be submitted by BPO)</div> <div>           - words '1910-1935';  'Silver Jubilee';  ' Postage'</div> <div> A decision was also made for the stamps to be printed in photogravure (First occasion for a commemorative issue). The colours were to approximate those in use of equivalent definitives.</div> <bR> <div> Initially 9 artists were invited to submit designs. All were rejected and they and another 6 artists were approached for further submissions. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id371.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Freedman Essays"><U>Barnett Freedman</U></A></FONT> was the successful designer.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Official Submissions and Designs</B></div> <div> The below table and pictures lists the unsuccessful artists and their designs. Scans of the submissions are available for those artists highlighted in blue. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 176 WIDTH="545"><div> <U>Initial invitations</U> (Due September 17, 1934)</div> <div> Edmund Dulac (submitted 1 design)</div> <div> Harold Fleury (Waterlow & Sons. Submitted 2 designs)</div> <div> Leonard Fryer (Waterlow & Sons. Submitted 1 design)</div> <div> Stephen Gooden (did not submit design)</div> <div> <A HREF="#hayden" TITLE="GB Essays"><U>C. Hayden</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Harrison & Sons. Submitted 5 designs)</FONT></div> <div> MacDonald Gill (Submitted 1 design)</div> <div> <A HREF="#linzell" TITLE="GB Essays"><U>Ernest Linzell</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Bradbury, Wilkinson. Submitted 2 design)s</FONT></div> <div> Howard Nelson (Submitted 1 design)</div> <div> <A HREF="#whistler" TITLE="GB Essays"><U>Rex Whistler</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Submitted 1 design for second submission)</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 112 WIDTH="545"><div> <U>Additional invitations</U> (Due end of October )</div> <div> Barnett Freedman (Submitted 1 design. Successful)</div> <div> John Farleigh (Submitted 1 design)</div> <div> Norman Howard (Submitted 4 designs)</div> <div> <A HREF="#morris" TITLE="GB Essays"><U>Trevor Morris</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > (Submitted 3 designs)</FONT></div> <div> S. Kennedy North (Submitted 1 design)</div> <div> F.J. Sharman (did not submit design)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 WIDTH="246"><div>      <A NAME="hayden"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> C. Hayden from Harrison & Sons submitted 5 designs. None were accepted.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="723c8700.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Picture courtesy of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com"><U>Grosvenor Auctions</U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 109 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="72b96590.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Picture courtesy of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com"><U>Grosvenor Auctions</U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div>  <A NAME="linzell"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> <bR> <div> Ernest Linzell was the successful designer of the 1929 1d Great Britain Postal Union Congress stamp.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 ><NOBR><div>   <A NAME="whistler"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rex Whistler's unsuccessful design</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="7bb965d0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ©Consignia plc 2002. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.consignia.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.consignia.com"><U>Consignia plc</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="495"><div>  <A NAME="morris"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Two of the unaccepted designs from Trevor Morris </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="7bc965a0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="7bd965c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> ©Consignia plc 2002. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.consignia.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.consignia.com"><U>Consignia plc</U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="503" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="495"><div> These essays were submitted as part of the 1935 Silver Jubilee design competition. Although the names of the artists are known it is not clear whom submitted which design.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="72780960.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="7287c960.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 156 WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="7297d960.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <IMG SRC="72a7b960.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="495"><div> Pictures courtesy of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com"><U>Grosvenor Auctions</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Return to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id369_timeline.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Timeline GB"><U>Timelines</U></A></FONT> page</div> </td> </tr></table></body>