Like most of the first definitive values, the vast majority Morporkias were printed and perforated by Enschede, the Dutch security printing firm. Consequently the print definition is of the highest quality and the stamps are comb perforated - both directions done as one process, with the holes at the corner of the stamps meeting from both directions. They are spaced at 13.5 holes per 2 cm, and so the stamp sizes are dictated by the limitation of templates available. With a bit of practice an Enschede printed stamp can be recognised from other prints by a quick glance or a small image.

The stamps were actually printed so that several sheets of different values would be present on the same large sheet. This is how they would have looked like before being trimmed down into individual sheets and then comb perforated.

It was these stamps that could be bought singly or in sheets at the time. The sheets comprised 20 stamps and were approx-imately 2/3 A4 size. There was no selvedge decoration in those early days.

There are two points to raise about this printing, compared to the others. Firstly, Enschede seem to have created a green stamp that makes the other printings look monochrome. Secondly, and more importantly, the actual stamp image on the Enschede printing is larger; 37 x 32 mm, compared to 35.5 x 30.5 mm. That is nearly 9% larger!

    
Enschede                                     Wincanton

The quality of the Enschede printings is as good as they provide to real country postal authorities. You can see the difference on the Close Ups page. This sort of quality does cost, but I believe Waterstones put plenty in that kitty as they required stamps for the covers that were their exclusive offer with first editions of Going Postal.