During the curfew here in Canada I have been going over my Wilding 'castle's' and was wondering if the same principles apply to the cream paper s of the Waterlow issue that appear in the wilding definitives. Does the long wave ultraviolet lamp show the same results.

Larry 2259

Hi there Larry 2259,
The first printings of the high-value castles was made by Waterlow in 1955 using the Edward crown watermarked paper and was also used by De La Rue up to 1959 when the watermark was changed to the multiple crown design, and according to the book all Edward crown watermarks should be on a cream paper, consequently the same principle applies when using a long wave ultraviolet lamp designed for stamp detection purposes.
Hoping this answers your query. WM.

Hi Wilding mad
Thanks for the info this will keep me busy on these long cold snowy nights.

Larry2259

Thanks for the info,
now another issues come up. while checking my Waterlow Castles
a corner single with trim markings shows a distinct white paper
all the records I have read do not record this issue on white paper. Am I doing
something wrong or just lucky
Larry

Hi In all the excitement I forgot to mention it was the 1pound value.

thanks

Hiya LM, any chance of posting a scan of this £1 whiter variety of paper that you have discovered, alongside a cream one front & reverse for comparison ?
This is just an example of a frontal view showing the difference between cream and whiter papers under long wave UV, in this case it concerns the 4d Guernsey plain, as according to the SG specialised catalogue the cream paper does not exist.

With a view of the same stamps in the visible spectrum, even then the cream paper appears to have a more yellowish tint when comparing it to the whiter pair.


According to the experts the whiter paper was produced by means of filtering the water obtained from the local river, but in my opinion these cream papers had nothing to do with filtration and was created by the use of chemical oxidation whilst the paper was still in the pulp stage, in order to nullify fluorescent contaminants that had been discovered.
WM.