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go to a collection page of stamps offered in varying paper varieties - a stamp on hi brite paper will be very obvious under UV light- it is "brite" white. Once you have seen one it is easy to identify without comparisons - honest.
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03:51:02pm
First comment: I highly advise you stay away from paper brightness!!
Second comment: If you ignore first comment the first thing you do is make sure there is absolutely no trace of a score line between the two stamps. That makes the difference between unseparated coils and an imperforate pair. The second is much more desired!
Third comment: You now have to see if the paper is dull florescent (DF) (604vi $35) or high brite (HB) (604vii $50).
I decided to stay away from paper florescence (NF (non), DF (dull), LF (low), F (fluor.), MF (medium), HF (high), HB (hibrite) and SF (splotchy)) and have been much saner because of it!!
I have a stamp which is either 604vi or 604vii. Rather than getting caught up in paper varieties I just assume it is the cheaper version, what is called a "cop out"!
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They are "supposed" to be easy to ID. However, I've looked at the attached under UV, and while the tagging clearly shows, I don't have a clue about Hibrite. Any other ways?
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03:41:47pm
re: How to ID Hibrite Paper on Canada stamps
go to a collection page of stamps offered in varying paper varieties - a stamp on hi brite paper will be very obvious under UV light- it is "brite" white. Once you have seen one it is easy to identify without comparisons - honest.
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
08 Aug 2025
03:51:02pm
re: How to ID Hibrite Paper on Canada stamps
First comment: I highly advise you stay away from paper brightness!!
Second comment: If you ignore first comment the first thing you do is make sure there is absolutely no trace of a score line between the two stamps. That makes the difference between unseparated coils and an imperforate pair. The second is much more desired!
Third comment: You now have to see if the paper is dull florescent (DF) (604vi $35) or high brite (HB) (604vii $50).
I decided to stay away from paper florescence (NF (non), DF (dull), LF (low), F (fluor.), MF (medium), HF (high), HB (hibrite) and SF (splotchy)) and have been much saner because of it!!
I have a stamp which is either 604vi or 604vii. Rather than getting caught up in paper varieties I just assume it is the cheaper version, what is called a "cop out"!
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