Towards the end of 1914, partly owing to war conditions, supplies of roo paper ran out. Supplies of the paper for the Georgian 1d stamp, first issued in July of that year, were used as a stop gap measure..

The Georgian stamps were wider, and the sheets were larger. Stamps printed on this paper are rarely well centred. Stamps at the inside edge of the pane were usually centred, the extra spacing between the watermarks gradually becoming more evident towards the outside of the pane, ultimately bisected by the perforation.

This paper was a medium white wove of fine texture, surfaced, supplied ready gummed. The 5/- bicolour was the first to appear on this paper, August, 1914, 6,000 sheets. Some other values were subsequently printed until July, 1915 when fresh supplies of a new Roo paper became available.

Note in the accompanying table the interesting observation that sufficient stocks on hand obviated the need to print, the ½d, 4d, 5d until they were replaced by KGV stamps.