This overprint was issued twice: in 1900 on horizontally laid paper, and in 1903 on vertically laid paper. My question: Is there an easy way of telling them apart? Thanks in advance.
On most wove paper, you will typically see a regular array of little "white dots" when held up to a light and viewed through the back. Those white dots correspond to thin spots between the wire mesh when the paper was being produced.
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