Note that most information on the differences between the wet and dry printing is applicable only to the rotary press printings. The difference in the flat plate wet/dry are much more difficult to detect visually.
Generally flat plate wet printed stamps tend to have a smaller stamp design size (horizontally or vertically) than flat plate dry printed stamps since wet printing tends to result in some paper shrinkage where as dry printing does not.
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Posted 08/11/2012 5:30 pm
collection and wish to determine the two differences.
