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Four days later these were forwarded to King George's Private Secretary. On November 8th the trials were returned to the Colonial Office with a note stating that King had indicated his approval of three of the colour combinations and asking for more to choose from. This information was conveyed to the Crown Agents (responsible for overseeing the design and colour of the issue) on November 10. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 603 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="86c90550.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="597" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 41 ><NOBR><div> Picture obtained from George Muralee</div> <div> Reproduced by kind permission of the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bl.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bl.uk/"><U>British Library</U></A></FONT></div> <div> (Shelfmark: RD8773834 - 1935 Silver Jubilee of HM King George V)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="452" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="446"><div> <B>Submission of second lot of Colour Trials</B>  <A NAME="b"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> On November 16, 1934 the Crown Agents submitted 8 more colour combinations for the Common Design to the Colonial Office. These were forwarded to the Palace on November 19. King George approved four more colour combinations (see cross marks) the next day.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 693 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="86b90af0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="687" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 41 ><NOBR><div> Picture obtained from George Muralee</div> <div> Reproduced by kind permission of the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bl.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bl.uk/"><U>British Library</U></A></FONT></div> <div> (Shelfmark: RD8773834 - 1935 Silver Jubilee of HM King George V)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>