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Essay - India : 1853 'Lion and Palm Tree' ½ anna (half anna) essay, a non-screen photogravure plate on copper faced with steel, with official facsimile copies of Die II (3) and Die I (3) each defaced by horizontal line, produced by the offices of the Surveyor-General of India in 1890. Stone: 'Sample plates of 1853 Essays. Lion and Palm Tree Essay. Three pairs copied from: a. Die II. b. Die I.'