Page 68 - The Rouletted Issues of Chile

CHILE 1900 WA TERLOW ISSUE
BACKGROUND
In April 1899 the Chilean government called for tenders for the supply of postage stamps and postal stati
The award of the contract to Waterlow & Sons represented a marked departure in design from the pre
American Bank Note Co. series, although the use of rouletting as a means of separation did continue. Th
Waterlow design provided a recurrent theme for some of the postal stationery in addition to the adhesive stam
The new head design was executed by Herbert Bourne and the resulting stamps had all the hallmarks
contemporary Waterlow stamp design:

The Bourne vignette dated Aug. 18th 1899 (possibly unique)

DIE ALTERATION (referred to in the display as Type 1 & Type 2 head format)
The stamp dies were altered for aesthetic reasons after the initial production and the stamps were ·
extensively to prepay domestic and foreign mail basically for a four year period from 1900 to 1904. A
definitive series printed by the American Bank Note Co. was introduced in 1901/2 but the Waterlow sta
continued to be used alongside them into the middle of the decade.

Master die proof (no value) showing the Type 1 head(with pronounced shading above the head)
(This and other proofs in this display comprise one of two known sets)