This is only a pre-view of the later madness in the 1940-ies! No illustration available of how to tell these two types of watermark apart! No subnumbers assigned so the stamp collector may quickly decide to leave these watermarks alone!
The Labrador set, however, has got a surprise for us! Hexagonals or bee-hives! Luckily very easy to establish! Hence, probably the assignment of separate catalogue numbers!
If these hexagonals are so easy than it was just as easy to tell whether they have a horizontal or a vertical direction. The distinction has been made but no subnumbers assigned! Why not!!!!!
Instead, the different origins of the hexagonals has been given subnumbers - A for Germany, B for Italy!
Does that make sense in a simplified catalogue???? Of course NOT. Who can tell German and Italian apart????
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![Imagen](http://www.galeoptix.nl/fila/argentina/thumbs/arg_1911_5c_labrador_hex_M_12.jpg)
![Imagen](http://www.galeoptix.nl/fila/argentina/thumbs/arg_1911_5c_labrador_hex_M_10.jpg)
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