$2 Knight Wheeler thread

[coxspau]

After noodling through a decent bundle of mutes from my local branch, I thought I found a missing note, but now I'm not so sure.

I've been missing a Knight Wheeler centre thread OCR-B.

I found a $2.00 Knight Wheeler OCR-B with the prefix HUC. Latest Maccas indicates it's the last prefix of the K/W OCR-B but there is a footnote suggesting first/last prefixes aren't confirmed.

While cataloguing said note, I  double checked the thread only to find it was a side thread, not centre thread.

I'm a bit confused by this. Does this mean the HUC prefix isn't a last prefix centre thread or would there be multiple HUC notes, some with centre thread and some with side thread?

Any ideas or can someone shed any light on this please?

[trout]

After noodling through a decent bundle of mutes from my local branch, I thought I found a missing note, but now I'm not so sure.

I've been missing a Knight Wheeler centre thread OCR-B.

I found a $2.00 Knight Wheeler OCR-B with the prefix HUC. Latest Maccas indicates it's the last prefix of the K/W OCR-B but there is a footnote suggesting first/last prefixes aren't confirmed.

While cataloguing said note, I  double checked the thread only to find it was a side thread, not centre thread.

I'm a bit confused by this. Does this mean the HUC prefix isn't a last prefix centre thread or would there be multiple HUC notes, some with centre thread and some with side thread?

Any ideas or can someone shed any light on this please?

HUC'ed if I know :diablo::laugh2:

[Fulvio]

Since the thread was applied during paper manufacture, its alignment would depend on how the paper was subsequently cut. Not hard to picture blocks of paper being upside down for example, and the printing and cutting therefore being differently aligned with the threads.

I'd be investigating how the threads were laid out in the sheet, and what steps, if any, were taken to determine orientation.