If it is to be watermarked the designs are attached to the surface of the roll and duly pressed into the paper.
The current stamps of the United States arewatermarked with the letters "U.
At one time several of the British colonies in Australia employed paper watermarked with a figure or word of the value of the stamp intended to be printed on it.
On many sheets there are watermarked borders with the name of the country, the word "postage," or other inscriptions.
The watermarked letters found in these stamps were known at least as early as 1870 and much speculation was rife as to their meaning.
Luff finally solved the problem by assembling a large number of the watermarked stamps so that he was able to reconstruct the complete watermark, viz:-- E.
But we fail to find from any evidence so far adduced that this watermarked paper was in use only during some well defined period.
The introduction of watermarked paper for these stamps occurred in 1874, the paper being that familiar to collectors of British Colonial stamps as watermarked "Crown C.
In 1886 a number of the stamps began to appear on the paper watermarked Crown C.
Complete Sheet, shewing arrangement of panes, fitting half sheet of watermarked paper, which shews through the page from the back.
The new multiple watermarked paper had been adopted for the 1d.
The date of issue of thesewatermarked stamps is uncertain, but the 6d.
The stamps were printed on medium white wove paper watermarked with a five-pointed star.
The sheets consisted of twelve horizontal rows of eight stamps on paper watermarked with the arms of the East India Company.
The Catalogue for Advanced Collectors says: "Although we catalogue as varieties the stamps on watermarked paper, it is very possible that these form a separate issue.
We might also expect to find stamps on watermarked paper showing, as is not uncommon, the imprint of the contractors above or below, if the watermark were marginal.
One other variety of paper needs our attention, and that is thewatermarked paper.
Mr. Luff considers that the watermarked stamps "are on an unofficial paper used temporarily," which is without doubt the case, at least as far as the temporary nature goes.
But they will probably be changed in regard to the watermarked paper on which they are printed, as the watermarked device is that popularly known as the "star and crescent" (Fig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "watermarked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
