How many watermarks are out there????
According to D.A. Bardi (2008):
- Granulado vertical - M = direction of paper horizontal + line of AЯ verticall??
- Tela - M = direction of paper vertical + line of AЯ verticall??
- R.R. difuso - m = straight rays; symmetrical paper wire; wire side at the front; direction of paper vertical + line of AЯ horizontal??
- R.R. nitido - m = straight rays;a-symmetrical paper wire; wire side at the back; direction of paper vertical + line of AЯ horizontal??
The following 2 stamps have an a-symmetrical paper wire; direction of paper is vertical; the watermark is orthogonal with the line of AЯ horizontal (Bardi's "m") so this should be R.R. nitido! Easy ain't it???
But both stamps have a different distance between the lines of Sun+AЯ:
the left stamp has 15mm, the right stamp 17.5mm:
Measuring the distances betwen the Suns we do NOT measure the distance between the outlines - as told by J.R. Merlo in his article on the Sun+AЯ watermarks - but from heart to heart! Having enough lines to measure we will find 3.0cm (vertically) between every second line (the 1Ex and 1Lx watermarks) or 3.5cm (the 2X watermarks).....