Canada Laid Paper Large Queen

While flipping through my large queen "Bingham Auction catalogue, I noticed some are described as "strong laid lines with verger"
I have no idea what a "verger" mean on laid paper. Here is a copy of my 3c #33. Could the vertical line on the right be what is referred to as a verger line? (When viewed under a back light, there seems to be a vertical "break in the laid lines" (and it shows darker because of the black background)

Gilles, I think you are on the right track. There would have to be a break in parts of a sheet.

Chimo

Bujutsu

In the Large Queens laid paper was made by attaching horizontal wires perpendicular to the vertical mesh of the paper making machine. The verger held the horizontal wires in place and shows as a straight vertical line across some stamps.

Thank you Watermark. Your description is exactly what I can see when I look at the stamp in my light box.

What about "verger".....what does it mean ? It is used in a post but ?

R

Was there some particular benefit of laid paper?

In a church, the verger is the caretaker. In this philatelic case, the verger performs a similar job, keeping the horizontal wire in order.

Laid paper was not a good choice for making stamps. The impression of stamp on laid paper tended to be of poorer quality. The stamps on laid paper didn't adhere to envelopes as well. It is thought that the laid paper was used to complete a printing order when the printer ran short of the normal paper, or it was accidentally used in place of the normal paper stock. For either reason very few Large Queens were printed on this paper.