Dandy Roll Wire-gauze roller which impresses the paper with its texture (‘wove','laid', etc.) as the pulp leaves the vats to produce watermarks in the paper.
Dandy roll - The wire mesh roller used in papermaking to produce a watermark.
Datestamp - A hand or machine stamp containing a date; sometimes used to mean c.d.s.
Dandy roll
There are then four distinctive descriptions used by collectors in describing the paper upon which stamps are printed: ...
Dandy Roll. A roller used in paper making, under which the partly formed paper passes in an early stage.
Death Mask Stamps. In the 1904 Serbia set, when held upside down, a "death mask" appears.
The dandy roll is a light roller covered by material similar to window screen that is embossed with a pattern.
As the dandy rolls across the wet stuff, the watermark device slightly moves the fibers and microscopically changes the paper thickness at the watermark design.
Dandy roll: wire roller which bears down on the paper pulp as it comes from the vats and gives the finished paper its watermark.
Dänemark: (Ger.) Denmark, field post of the Danish Legion, German occupation, 1944. Danimarco: (It.) Denmark.
Dandy Roll - A wire roller used to imprint watermarks onto paper pulp.
Dated - A U.S. precancelled stamp that includes a date in the precancellation.
Dated Corners - French area stamps which have a date printed in the margin.
1. Unit Watermark: The designs on the dandy roll are so arranged that a single complete watermark is impressed into each stamp.
thinning of the substance of a paper base, reminiscent of the local effect of an application of oil or water. It is usually a device, patter, or lettering produced by the pressure of wire or brass forms, called 'bits', attached to the dandy roll of a ...
 See also: Used, Stamp, Watermark, Roll, Machin
  
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