Author: rodneyrodney
Date: May 31, 2008 04:54
Being pedantic Blair,
and quoting Samuel Grossman 1962
Granite paper (Silurian)
"is similar to silk paper, except that the coloured silky fibres
in the granite paper are too small to be distinguished as threads.
See Switzerland 1905 and after, also Austria 1890-1906.
Silk Paper
(much the same argument-rod, plus)
"observed on many old US revenues 1862-1881
see switzerland 1854-1862
"Blair (TC)"
> In some cases.it is called granite paper (eg Switzerland) while
> in others, it is called silk paper (eg US revenues).
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