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So it would appear this book does have some use as reference!
When I seen unique dragons head only one I thought is it the authors personal opinions
Perhaps something he thought he had in his collection
But if there are other literatures about a dragons head variety
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Question
The orange A10 example 1889-92 Scott #46 horizontal laid and the 1902-05 Scott #55 vertically laid
Was the stable used any other times or just the two three year runs?
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The wove paper Arms were issued in 1909 (or in December 1908), but they are of a different design (A14-A15 as per Scott). |
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Perhaps I'm mistaken then...wouldn't be my first time I'm relatively new to all this so I may have miss identified But looks like wove paper compared to the other examples I have    |
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In my experience wove paper is best viewed on a clean, dry stamp.
Remember the "wove" described the steel mesh the wet paper laid upon,
(James Whatman 1702-1759)
Giving an overall uniform surface, to me like little tiny diamonds or dents.
Close inspection, usually confirms, once seen, never forgotten. |
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My experience is that one finds from time to time such stamps with seemingly missing laid lines on the paper. I have in my collection 1k, 2k, 5k and 7k stamps from this series with "no visible laid lines" (that is my term). |
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So the coating on the paper takes off or fades the laid lines when soaked? |
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I think that when the article mentions "incompletely dried paper" it refers to the initial preparation of the paper, i.e prior to the printing of the stamps. It is due to a differential treatment at that stage that the laid lines (or the watermark) become "invisible". |
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Given that, as per the article, the laid lines form part of the watermark, one can possibly classify this as a watermark variety. Personally, I do keep such stamps as interesting varieties without worrying too much about what term to use. |
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horizontal on top vertical on bottom and one in the middle Looks good to me! Until I add more ;) I started this thread because of a book I bought and I gotta say as unsure as I was in the beginning about it has help me (with help here of course) find some fun things to add to my collection  |
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Posted 01/08/2021 11:16 am
