The Story of Paper

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On a humorous note......
Issued on 6 May 1991 for the International Stamp Exhibition "PHILANIPPON ´91"  (Grenada Grenadines)

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Issued in 1992 this 3 Yuan coin celebrates Ancient Chinese Paper           (China)

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Issued on 25 June 1987 in a series Canada Day - Science and Technology (2nd series)      (Canada)

Two versions of how newsprint came about

In the 1830's Charles Fenerty, a Nova Scotian, observed wasps chewing wood to produce paper for their nest. He experimented, and around 1838 produced the world's finest usable paper from wood.
 
Charles Fenerty was a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint.

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Issued on 8 August 1990 to celebrate the Centenary of Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry      (Sweden)
Book of eight stamps
From left to right:  papermaking c.1600,    crown watermark,  Foreign newspapers using Swedish newsprint,    rolls of paper




The cover of the booklet containg eight stamps shows papermaking c.1600  ( massa och papper - pulp and paper)



First Day Cover



Stamps in greater detail

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Issued on 10 October 1977 for the EUCEPA Conference in Vienna (European Liaison Committee for Pulp and Paper)                               (Austria)
 The image is the Coat of Arms of the Paper Producers.

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Issued on 27 May 1982 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Diósgyör Paper Mill      (Hungary)



The accompanying EMLÉKLAP (Celebration Card) with special postmark is dated 3 December

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Issued on 8 July 1991 to commemorate 500 years of the Polish Papermaking Industry

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Issued on 2 July 1968   Wood Processing Industry                         (Finland)



First Day Cover

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Issued on 18 February 1981 in a series 'Construction Projects of the 10th Five Year Plan'                     (USSR)   
Syktyvkar Timber Industry Complex      Roll of paper shown on right of stamp
     

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Issued in 2016                                                                                          (Ukraine)
On one side of the coin there is a roll of banknote paper with an image of Malyn Paper Mill, which was founded in the latter half of the 19th century; above is a conventionalized image of a paper bird; to the left of the roll is Ukraine`s small state coat of arms, the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), the coin face value 5 / ГРИВЕНЬ (5/hryvnias). On the other side in the center of an image of tree rings from an old tree, which symbolizes the Drevlians` land (the Drevlians are an old Slavic tribe), is an image of ancient Malyn, to the right and left of which is the legend ДАВНІЙ МАЛИН (ancient Malyn).

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Not to do with paper manufacture but interesting anyway.........During the two world wars there was a shortage of coins and banknotes in Germany and Austria due to the expansion of German territories and there not being enough physical cash to meet the demand of new users. As a result of the cash shortage, the state bank allowed individual towns to cities to print their own banknotes and mint their own coins. They were called notgelds or "emergency money" which is the literal transaltion from German. KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE on face of coin is literally "token in lieu of small change".    PAPIERFABRIK MULDENSTEIN on reverse - Muldenstein paper mill

Issued in 1917 and made of zinc
5 Pf. - German pfennig





10 Pf





20 Pf





50 Pf

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Some Muldenstein coins were also made of iron

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More notgeld, this time from Elsenthal Papermill in Grafenau. Issued in 1920 and made of zinc

5 Pf





10 Pf





25 Pf

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Post 13 on page 1 ... Issued in 1997  20 Dollar coin    2nd Century - Paper is Invented in China                      (Cook Islands)
In the same series was a 50 Dollar coin identical save for the denomination on the wall

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Issued in 2006 in a series 'Industrial Heritage Sites' -  (Hand Paper Mill at Velke Losiny)    (Czech Republic)

Front:
lettering: ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA / 2500 Kč / ČM / KULTURNÍ PAMÁTKY TECHNICKÉHO DĚDICTVÍ
CZECH REPUBLIC  CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES



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lettering: PAPÍRNA VE VELKÝCH LOSINÁCH / 2006 / LCH
PAPER MILL IN VELKÉ LOSINY  2006