Ten handpainted essays were presented on 1st February 1892, each on a separate dated piece of paper lettered A to J. Those from the De La Rue archive are defaced with a pen cross, but those from official sources are undefaced. Five were intended to have green headplates and five purple, usually described as lilac.
In the event, design F, the issued stamp, was chosen on 20th February.
| Design A (no image) |  Design B
2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 963 sold £3’000 plus commission |
 Design C
2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 964 sold £3’000 plus commission |
 Design D
2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 965 sold £3’000 plus commission |
 Design E
2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 966 sold £3’000 plus commission |
 Design F (issued design).
Phillips collection in the British Museum |
 Design G
2010: Ex Lady Mary Buiry lot 1769 sold for £6’600 incl. commission |
 Design H |
 Design I
2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 968 sold £3’000 plus commission |
 Design J
2020 (Dec): For sale by Andrew Lajer for £4’500 |
De La Rue Archive Essays (auctioned by Robson Lowe, December 1976)
 Design A
2018: Stanley Gibbons (for sale at £9’500) |
 Design B
2019: Mark Bloxham (for sale at £2’714) |
| Design C (no image)
1976: Bought by the Post Office Heritage Services |
Design D (no image)
1976: Bought by the Post Office Heritage Services |
 Design E |
 Design F (issued design)
2003: Grosvenor lot 2113 (realised £2’500 + commission) |
 Design G
2011: 2011: “Chartwell”, Spink, lot 967 sold £3’000 plus commission |
Design H (no image) |
| Design I (no image)
1976: Bought by the Post Office Heritage Services |
 Design J |
The 1887 Jubilee Issue 