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Watermark Kinds: summary of the different intended styls of a watermark

With watermark: postage stamp with intended style printed on paper with watermark

Without watermark: postage stamp with intended style printed on paper without watermark. This will only be shown when the same postage stamp was also issued with watermark

Official watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with watermark ordered by a public postal administation

Private watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with paper maker´s watermark

Single watermark: sheet every postage stamp is showing a complete watermark picture

Multiple watermark: watermark to be made up by plenty small elements which runs without interruption over all postage stamps and the margin of sheet

Margin watermark: sheet with a water-mark in the margin of sheet which did not reach the stamp fields

Horizontal watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with horizontal watermark as intended style

Vertical watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with vertical watermark as intended style

Inverted watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with 180 degrees rotated watermark as intended style

Diagonal watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with crosswise watermark as intended style

Double watermark: postage stamp with two single watermarks because of her size as intended style

Monolingual watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with a watermark in one language as intended style

Multilingual watermark: postage stamp printed on paper with a watermark in multiple languages as intended style