Switzerland 1862-1881 Helvetia A18 Paper Type

Hello,

I'm extremely novice, just trying to see what I inherited and hoping any of you can help me out.

Ive got some Switzerland A18 types (according to Scott). Im just trying to understand how I can see the different paper types (granite vs white wove paper). For some I can say that they would have to be one or the other (according to the colours and denomination), but in general I find it difficult to see the difference.

Can any of you give me some advice?

Your pictures ( of the back ) are way too small. One of the best ways to tell is look for small colored threads. And welcome to the forum


Peter

Tiis may help

https://www.stampcommunity.org/topi...PIC_ID=11688

https://stampbears.net/thread/4387/granite-paper

https://worldstampsproject.org/wp-c...er-types.jpg

Thank you both! The examples in those threads are great. I now know what Im looking for!

Hello.
If I'm not mistaken, A18 has no ironed paper.
Regards.

Oh wow. This chart is brilliant. Given the colours here, I can assume that my number 22 is granite paper and my number 14 is white woven. I can use that as a guideline, I think right?

Ill have a look right now #129299;

Found one! The picture makes the fibers look dark/blackish, but theyre clearly red and blue in real life.

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you all for your help!

Hello.
You may also need this.
If duplicates appear, I am missing all the ones with a white background and I have all the ones with a green background.
Regards.

That's a splendid piece of work, Roberto. Congratulations!

Hi Roberto59,

Your overview is great. Do you also split out numbers 13-19 split out by different paper types?

Also, I have quite a lot of duplicates from Switzerland 1850 - 1900 that I'm trying to value for sale. Can anybody help me understand why the value of some paper series is higher if its stamped, whereas with other series its higher if it's unstamped.

E.g. number 41 is valued higher if it's unstamped, whereas Scott considers 66 to be valued higher if it's stamped.

Apologies if this is a beginner's question - I am an absolute beginner.

In this case, the 1881 issue was replaced sometime in 1882 so the 1881 issue was in use for a short time only. Further, that 1881 issue was made obsolete/unusable in 1883.

Note also that mint examples of the cheapest and commonly used values of the 1881 issue are so very cheap. It appears that those were sold off to collectors when made obsolete. Some of those remainders were overprinted AUSSER KURS.

Ah that explains, thank you!