Paper (with hemp content) - Specimen details

Paper (with hemp content) - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73772

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Plant Name 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa Entry Book Number 38.1996
Artefact Name Paper (with hemp content) Vernacular Name
Iso Country United Kingdom TDWG Region United Kingdom
Parts Held Paper (with hemp content) Geography Description Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe
Uses Paper (with hemp content)Use: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
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Donor Hanson J Donor No
Donor Date 00/07/1993 Donor Notes
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Notes: Two trial sheets of treefree (c) hemp content paper. New, long-life paper, made for printing and writing generally, is guaranteed by watermark to be made entirely without trees, but only from true hemp and other indigenous European fibres from annual pla, nts. This T4/2osy sheet measure 8 x 10 ins (1/16 sq yd), weighs 1/8 oz, and costs one penny. All other sizes/weights pro rata ie. A4 (1/16 sq m), 67 grams, costs 1.2 pence, being 20% more in area. Donated by J Hanson, CHT, Malthouse, Lyme Regis, Dorset,, UK. Letter dated 5 July 1993.

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