See below for the essays
				
				
				
				 
		
American Bank Note Company Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
American Bank Note Company Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E1
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E1
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E2a
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E2b
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E3
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
Gold Metallic Overprint
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E4a
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E5
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
In the style of a coupon
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E5
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
In the style of a coupon
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E6a
 Re-Use Prevention Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8a
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8a
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8a
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8a
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8c
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E8c
Showing the paper turns blue when moistened
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10
Sturgeon submission for stamp designs
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10b
Sturgeon die essay on white wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10b
Sturgeon die essay on white wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10b
Sturgeon die essay on white wove paper with overprint
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10b
Sturgeon die essay on white wove paper with underprint
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E10c
Sturgeon die essay on thick white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11a
ABNC Morgan plate essay on stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11b
ABNC Morgan plate essay on stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11b
ABNC Morgan plate essay on thin white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11d
ABNC Morgan plate essay on stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11d
Morgan plate essay on stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E11d
Morgan plate essay on stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E12a
Die Essay on White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E12b
Die Essay on White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13a
Patented Essays 
Impressed on wove paper. Signed.
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13b
Experimental Grill Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13b
Experimental Grill Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13b
Experimental Grill Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13c
Experimental Grill Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13d
Experimental Grill (points down) Essay on Quadrille Batonne Watermarked Paper 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13e
Experimental Grill (points down) Essay on Quadrille Batonne Watermarked Paper 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13g
As 79-13e but with message added
"Subject to half hour pressure after embossing"
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E13 var
Experimental Grill Grill Essay, Perforated 12
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E14a
Experimental Grill Grill Essay on white wove paper with control number
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E14b
Experimental Grill Grill Essay on white wove paper 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E14b
Experimental Grill Grill Essay on white wove paper 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E14b
Experimental Grill Grill Essay on white wove paper.
Points down all over grill essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E14b
Experimental Grill Grill Essay on white wove paper 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E15b
All-Over Grill Essay, Points Up
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E15c
All over grill
Imperf stamp
Points up
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E15d
All-Over Pinpoint Grill Essay, Points Up and Down
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E15g
Grill Essay with Partially Erased Grill, Points Down, Imperforate
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E16a and b
Chas. F Steel
Sample of Grill used
by Continental Bank Note Co.
in 1874 signed by Alexander Reid, JK Myers
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E16c
All over grill essay on original gum stamp paper
Formerly 79P4
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E16d
Six test grills on soft card
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18a
 Die Essay on Thick White Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18a
 Die Essay on Thick White Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18a
 Die Essay on Thick White Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18a
 Die Essay on Thick White Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18b
 Die Essay on Thick White Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18e
 Die Essay on Yellow Wove Paper, grilled, gummed
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18f
 Die Essay on Orange Wove Paper, grilled, gummed	
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18h
 Numeral-Shaped Die Essay on Yellow Laid, Numeral Hand Colored
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18i
Die Essay on Grayish Wove
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18j
 Die Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E18k
 Die Essay on White Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
				
				
				
				 
		
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E19a and c
Engraved die essay followed by two typographed die essays
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E21a
Lathework Frame Essay on Thin Wove Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E21c
Diagonal Grill Die Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E21 var
Shield Die Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E22
 Shield Die Essay on Pink Lilac
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E23a
Die Essay on Ivory Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E23c
Die Essay on White wove
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E23i
Plate Essays on White Wove
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E23 var
Die Essay on White Card
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E24a
Lithographed Essay 
Face Dotted
Solid Color Background
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E24a
Lithographed Essay 
Face Dotted
Solid Color Background
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E24c
Typographed Essay 
Face Lined 
Solid Color Background
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E24d
Typographed Essay 
Face Lined 
Solid Color Background
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25b
Lithographed plate essay on opaque white wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25c
Lithographed plate essay on opaque white wove paper, with Gibson starch coating
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25h
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25h
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25J
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25J
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25J
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25J
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E25J
Plate essay on white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E25I
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E25I
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E25m
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26e
 Safety Network Vicente Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26e
 Safety Network Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26f
 Safety Network Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26g
 Safety Network Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26g
 Safety Network Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E26 var
 Safety Network Overprint Essay
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E27a
 Untrimmed Shield Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E27b
 Untrimmed Shield Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E27c
Die Essay 
Relief on thick soft card
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E27c
Die Essay 
Albino on Blue Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28a
 Untrimmed Shield Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28b
 Untrimmed Shield Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28c
Trimmed Die Essay on India
Card Mounted
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28e
 Typographed Shield Die Essay on Greenish Wove
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28g
Underprinted Design on Thin White Wove
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E28h
 Untrimmed Shield Die Essay on wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E29a
 Die Essay of Frame on Thin Crisp Paper with safety overprint
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E29c
Die Essay on Pink Laid Paper, Grilled
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E29d
Die Essay on Pale Pink Laid Paper, Grilled 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E29i
Die Essay of Frame on Stamp Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E29x
Experimental Essay on black card, mounted on cardboard
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30a
Die essay on stiff yellowish wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30 var
Die Essay on Thick Card
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30a
Die essay on stiff yellowish wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30c
Die essay on proof paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30e
Die essay on proof paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30e
Die essay on proof paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30e
Die essay on proof paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30g
Die essay on stiff ivory paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30g
Die essay on stiff ivory paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30h
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30k
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30k
Die Essay on deep-orange surfaced white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30l
Die essay on white wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30l
Die essay on white wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30l
Die essay on white wove paper (cut down)
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30m
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30n
Die essay with perforated 16 vignette on wove stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30n
Die essay with perforated 16 vignette on wove stamp paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30n
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30n
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30n
Die essay with perforated vignette
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30o
Die essay on  wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30o
Plate Essay on Transparent Wove, Imperforate 
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30r
Die essay on transparent wove paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30s
Plate essay with perforated edge
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30t
Imperforate plate essay on thin white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30u
Bi-color imperforate plate essay on thin white paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E30v
Die Essay on embossed on white card
Albino
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E31a
Essay on White Wove, Safety Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E31d
Essay on White Wove, Safety Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E31f
Essay on White Wove, Safety Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E31g
Essay on White Wove, Safety Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35a var
Untrimmed Die 1¢ Essay on Thin White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35a
Untrimmed Die 5¢ Essay on Thin White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35a
Untrimmed Die 5¢ Essay on Thin White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35a
Untrimmed Die 5¢ Essay on Thin White Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35c
Essay on Ivory Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35e
Dier Essay Vignette Only On White Glazed Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35e
Die Essay Vignette Only On White Glazed Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35e
Die Essay Vignette Only On White Glazed Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35f
Vignette Die Essay die sunk on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E35f
Vignette Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E36a
Die Essay on Ivory paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E36a
Die Essay on White Glazed paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E37a
Die Essay on White Card
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E37b
5¢ Bicolor Die Essay on India
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E37c
N.B.N.C. Essay on White Glazed Paper
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E65P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E66P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E67P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E70P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E71P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E71P5b
				
				
				
				 
		
79-E72P5a
				
				
				
				 
		
E79-E73P5a