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5c Large Queen On Bothwell Paper?

 
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Posted 02/09/2015   03:13 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Fairey to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
This stamp looks like Bothwell paper to me but my Scott catalogue doesn't list it on watermarked paper. I can't find much useful information about the papers on line - seems to be all in books - any links or comments welcome



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Posted 02/09/2015   05:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Coriandre to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is not Bothwell paper. Looks like type 3 to me. See this link https://goscf.com/t/40178&SearchTerms=duckworth
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Posted 02/09/2015   08:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chipg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The 5c was not printed on Bothwell paper.
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Posted 02/09/2015   11:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Could also be type 6 paper
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Posted 02/09/2015   1:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Coriandre to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Paper type 6 is Bothwell paper and this is not. The 5c was only printed on types 3-4-10.
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Thanks for comments everyone. I should have said that I thought the stamp might be Bothwell paper as it has the same diamond pattern visible on the back and also has a vertical mesh/grain. I happen to have a Bothwell 12 1/2c with a portion of the watermark visible and that does appear somewhat thinner now that I look at them together. The scans on Gilles Le Timbre's post are too indistinct for me to make useful comparisons and as I live in New Zealand I am not likely to find Duckworth's book in a library here. Are there any other on-line references to the papers particularly with regards to the mesh that anyone knows.
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Posted 02/16/2015   1:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add archerg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The five cent Large Queen (#26) was likely a stopgap issue, printed during the Small Queen period, in 1875. A reduction in the rate to Great Britain created a demand for a five cent stamp. A LQ plate, prepared in the 1860s but never used, was put into service. A five cent Small Queen plate was being prepared at this time, and ultimately replaced the LQ in early 1876. The #26 is always found on SQ papers contemporary to the 1875 period; visually the paper is similar to Bothwell Paper but is not the same.
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