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According to an article written by Don Staddon in the latest issue of Stamp Magazine a 1st class counter sheet with printed backing paper (PBP2) alternative background text has been seen. It has a printing date 09/12/16 and has iridescent code M16L. We have already mentioned a 2nd class value from a business sheet.
Above SBP2
It is only natural and sensible to conclude that dealers and catalogue compilers will call this (PBP2) = Printed Backing Paper 2
How does it differ from PBP?
The lines of alternating text are either upright or
inverted. Printers have done this not as a further aid to deter forgeries but
as an aid in the the production process. More booklets, business sheets and counter sheets will follow in the near future.
PBP2 consists of :
PBP2 consists of :
The text “ROYAL MAIL” is printed on the substrate paper and
is divided into four repeated lines of text they are all different.,
A wavy line of the text in the upright position in a small
font.
A wavy line upright
in a large font.
A wavy line inverted
in a small font
A wavy line inverted
in a large font.
2 comments:
This information is very helpful, thank you.
This is unimportant. I collect stamps, not backing paper.
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