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''[[Britannia Sitting On An Egg]]'' a machine-printed illustrated [[envelope]] published by the stationer W.R. Hume of Leith, Scotland, parodying the machine-printed illustrated envelope (commissioned by [[Rowland Hill (postal reformer)]] and designed by the artist [[William Mulready]]) used to launch the British postal service reforms of 1840.
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''[[Britannia Sitting On An Egg]]'' a machine-printed illustrated [[envelope]] published by the stationer W.R. Hume of Leith, Scotland, parodying the machine-printed illustrated envelope (commissioned by [[Rowland Hill (postal reformer)]] and designed by the artist [[William Mulready]]) used to launch the British postal service reforms of 1840.
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