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The lithography pane
  One of the lithographed stamps from the fourth pane  
 

This is an enlargement of one of the stamps from the lithographed pane. Although lithography produces an acceptable image, it is not as well-defined as the gravure stamp from the first pane.

The two printing methods are compared side-by-side below.

  
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One of the lithographed stamps from the fourth pane One of the gravure stamps from the first pane

The lithographed stamp is on the left, the gravure stamp, produced by the computerized EME process, is on the right. The difference is striking.
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