essay 4 oz. - 8 oz. 1868 Issue Tobacco Strip, essays, composite sheet of four essays on crisp bond paper, 8 x 6", five strip stamps (two 4 oz., one 6 oz. and two 8 oz.), all in Black over green lithographed underprint, the honeycomb design of the underprint is identical to that on essays for Beer (Turner B-3) and Tobacco (Turner T-35), creases and wrinkles, otherwise very fine, these Tobacco Strip stamp essays are unlisted in Turner, they are extremely rare and historically important to the development of the underprint design concept. est.