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Crown Agents
to
Messrs de la Rue & Co.
110 Bunhill Row: B.C.
12th October 1895.
We enclose a specimen 1d. embossed stamp and request
you to inform us whether a double dating machine could be made
The stamp
to about the same size with three plugs each end.
we would propose would then be considerably smaller than the designs already submitted even if a little extra space were
required each end for the third plug.
How much extra space would be required for the third plug ?
Messrs de la Rue & Co.
to
Crown Agents 17th October. 1895.
We beg to enclose a design A for the required double-
dated embossing die. This is not much larger than your
We send you specimen, and will we trust meet with approval.
a drawing B of the arrangement of the plugs in the die.
You will see by looking at the drawing of the back arrangement,
that we have brought the shoulders of the plugs right up to the shank of the die and as close together as possible.
Crown Agents
to
N.G.Mitchell-innes
23rd October 1895.
We enclose a report from Messrs De La Rue & Co., dated