Wove paper: A paper showing few differences in texture and thickness when held to light. In the production of wove paper, the pulp is pressed against a very fine netting, producing a virtually uniform texture.
Wove paper:
Has a smooth and even surface and shows no light and dark features when held up to a light.
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Wove paper - Paper that is made by pressing the pulp against a fine netting, resulting in a finished product with a very uniform texture.
Wreck cover - Mail salvaged from a shipwreck.
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Wove paper as magnified from the back of the US 1890-923 2c. Notice the left to right direction of the fibers.
Papel avitelado: (Sp.) wove paper.
Papel con filametos: (Sp.) granite paper.
Laid paper is produced in the same manner, generally, as wove paper, but the screening is parallel and therefore the paper has a ribbed effect. Where these lines are widely spaced the paper is known as batonne.
Granite paper is rather unique. It looks like wove paper but has blue and red silk fibers throughout.
Perlure paper is very thin, not much thicker than an onion skin. It is usually hard and brittle.
Laid paper: One of the two basic types of paper used in stamp printing. Laid paper is distinguished from wove paper by the presence of thin, parallel lines visible when the paper is held to light. The lines are usually a few millimeters apart.
Laid paper is distinguished from the other type -- wove paper -- by the presence of thin, parallel lines visible when the paper is held to light. The lines are usually a few millimeters apart. See also Batonne.
Unlike wove paper, laid paper is characterized by closely spaced parallel lines running through the paper. These lines are created during the papermaking process.
Wove paper - General term for a range of papers produced by settling fibres on fine wire mesh which imprints a watermark giving a woven appearance.
Wreck Mail - Mail carried on ships or aircraft that were wrecked or torpedoed.
 See also: Printing, Used, Stamp, Watermark, Adhesive
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