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• London 18th Sept 10248 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

369 a for us. We shall therefore now reptests that letter. In the first place we hope and bruſt as a боже you will remember that although we have been willing dauxious to znect your wishes Views als water martens, we have never placed any reliance upon theme a security from focery except in so for as every thing added to altote, quick some additional labour to the foyer, this is our fixed opinion Buntil som newwater mark is produced, by it we are ready tot and Next – You were desirous of having, what no other Customer, is the watermark clear fall the other work upon the Note Oyet that the Note should be full of seen from forgery. We have accomplished the latter, and which leffit impossible to give much room forth western besides, the size of the lotters are just such as the Specimen which you you saw at our Office (which you approved and moreover the Note would wear very badly & the letters would lodbe very badly if such a water-mark were to be in large characters. Again_westan the word Specimen on the notes because being printed on Bank Note Paper we did it for safely, but your remark outhis head will not apply to any Notes when printed for issue. – Pain – Our whole object was to set your "decision as to the colour we were to use, and that might judge correctly we printed the State upore kutan the as would be used for the Order, but neither to the nor the watequark didue solicit your allerle Sour letter contains remarks on onl we you Hulp laying one other point is the indistinctress of the quater su and as to this we are perfectly agreed; the following is an Extract from the writers letter to the Mill on receiving the first lot of Paper; written several days before austro- of the zu wish twhich thews that we have exfully auti & Phared in your views " London 18th Sept 10248 Eveny 340 For the first time must complain JW Mag Moulds the letters in the watermark of the Mil Veso paper are very had bindistinct & they must be in- -mediately stopped Imade better, HebaBrazil 20 take its place while it is being corrected – Suppose that the flat wire is too thin and endt clearly fiquiſhed altfe coμl of the letters but whatever may be the cause then Watermark is very defect we had an answer that this letter ib should be immediately corrected &wehave ordered Specimens fall the Moulds before quaking Vaper Dexpect them in a day or two 37 Reamshadbeen made when we found it out. the therefore had prozuptly attended to the Matter Haken steps to cure the defect, but for The purpose of settling the ldtour, the quality of the Watermarks on its placing on the site were of us couse -quence Mby sending when we did considerable time might have been saved. It was however an oversight which we regret that we did not aste you to consider the water mark as athing which we were aware, requine Correction Greer Dweller reg Ewhurst. We are, Dear Sir, versrespectfully setze

• English

Summary: The letter discusses concerns about the indistinctness and defects in the watermark of the paper, steps taken to correct these defects, and the importance of watermark quality for security against forgery.

Date: London 18th Sept 10248

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