P&R I Early Wavy Rays Papers

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P&R I 1E1 paper (Ingles of 1936)

Now that I am sorting out all of the issues chronologically, its a good starting point to have a reference scan of this paper.



Notice that the dimensions of all of the features vary slightly, and especially, that there are small, medium, and large RA's.

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Measurement of the 1E1 grid


As explained by Rein (member of Stampboards), the direction along which the ellipses are longest in this paper is the direction in which the roll was made. Here are two examples. I find the grid aligned in the horizontal direction in reference to the RA. If the grid was found running along the perpendicular direction, that would constitute a separate watermark.

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A scan of the 1E2 paper

I do not find a clear grid for this paper.

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Measurement of the 1E3 grid

Here are two examples. I am not able to determine a direction for this roll based on the elongation of the dots.









The watermark can sometimes be somewhat unclear for the 1E3 paper.

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Measurement of the 1E4 grid

Here are several examples. I am not able to determine a direction for this roll based on the elongation of the dots.

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I have previously come across 5c stamps on the 1E4 paper. The two blocks in booklet format are on this paper. I have just realized that it is possible that the booklets were only printed on the 1E4 paper, and that this paper was only used for this purpose. If this statement is correct, then loose 5c1E4t are from the booklet printing, and this printing must have taken place on or soon after 1940, when the 1E4 paper was briefly in use.