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King Edward 7
Great British King Edward VII Stamps - Issued 1902 to 1913 
Edward 7 stamps
At first Printed by De La Rue, then Harrison and finally Somerset House.
The reign of King Edward 7 is notable for collectors in the wonderful diversity of the shades available to collectors. Whilst on the face of it, only 19 stamps were issued during his reign, the fact that three different printers were used, two distinct papers used, two different sizes of perforations and the wonderful variation of shades makes this area another that can form the sole basis of someone´s specialised stamp collection.
Again as with the Jubilee issues, some stamps are bicolour. As De La Rue had a contract to print stamps until 1909, they printed all GB postage stamps until 1910. The first stamps they produced were on what is termed as Ordinary paper. In 1905 Chalk Surfaced Paper started to be used for some values. In 1909 the printing contract was up for renewal. The Inland Revenue wanted De La Rue to lower the cost of the contract. Basically, it was getting cheaper to produce stamps and The Revenue wanted a larger cut of the cake. De La Rue refused and lost the contract.
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