Large Queen Paper Types (With Cross References To Duckworth Types)

Printing Location Characteristics/Description  Type Code Values Seen On
First Ottawa Rough, horizontal wove, with barely discernable mesh. What is striking about this paper is the very rough and fibrous appearance (moreso on the back than the front). This is one of the few papers of this period to show loose fibres on the paper surface under magnification.

FO-L

(Duckworth 3?)

1/2c
First Ottawa Stout horizontal wove with coarse mesh, smooth, semi-porous felt side.  FO-M (Duckworth 4) All except 5c
First  Ottawa Stout, medium vertical wove paper, with clear, coarse vertical mesh and a somewhat porous surface under magnification (felt and wire side, though the wire side is more porous than the felt side) FO-N (Duckworth 6 & Bothwell) All except 5c
First  Ottawa Thinner to Medium stout horizontal wove with clear, closely spaced horizontal mesh, and a smooth, non-porous felt side. This is a slightly translucent paper, in that you can just make out the text from a book, if you place the stamp face down on top of the printed words. FO-O (Duckworth 10) All except 5c
First  Ottawa As FO-L above, but vertical, rather than horizontal mesh FO-P (Duckworth 3) 12.5c
First Ottawa Stout, but silky-smooth horizontal wove paper, with closely spaced horizontal mesh (similar in appearance to FO-O, but for the silky smooth feel) FO-Q 15c
Mid Montreal White stout horizontal wove paper with very coarse horizontal mesh, and smooth, semi-porous felt side MM-I 5c (Scarce)
Mid Montreal As MM-D of the Small Queens: Hard medium white wove with coarse vertical mesh, but with a slightly vertically corrugated felt side. MM-X 15c