Serie centenario Rivadavia -1926. Filigranas.
Publicado: 25 Abr 2009 07:40
The stamps I have seen sofar mostly have a parallel watermark multiple Sun+AЯ - that is the waterrmark is at the front of the stamp, the line of AЯ is parallel to the direction of the paper wire, and that direction is parallel to the long edge of the stamp [small size] or "M" in te terms of Bardi's . The 12c usually has a "m" - the direction of paper along the short edge of the stamp, but also "M" occurs!
I, however, found a few that have multiple Sun+RA and also the surface of the gummed side of one of them is very smooth - whereas the printed side is roughy and the fibres visible. This indicates a transposed watermark [filigrana traspuesta] or in other words the stamp got printed on the wire side of ther paper. Usually the felt side of the paper gets printed and that is where the watermark was applied.
The front of ther stamps:



The AЯ watermarks:



The RA watermarks:



I, however, found a few that have multiple Sun+RA and also the surface of the gummed side of one of them is very smooth - whereas the printed side is roughy and the fibres visible. This indicates a transposed watermark [filigrana traspuesta] or in other words the stamp got printed on the wire side of ther paper. Usually the felt side of the paper gets printed and that is where the watermark was applied.
The front of ther stamps:



The AЯ watermarks:



The RA watermarks:


