The wheel shape is oval, squashed slightly from top to bottom. The wheel, consequently, is wider than it is tall. The distance between the wheels is 10 mm vertically and 6 mm horizontally.
The first stamps with this watermark were issued in 1946.
Watermark positions
winged wheel type 2 normal right(code: wmITA4a)
winged wheel type 2 normal left(code: wmITA4b)
winged wheel type 2 inverted right(code: wmITA4c)
winged wheel type 2 inverted left(code: wmITA4d)
winged wheel type 2 right bottom(code: wmITA4e)
winged wheel type 2 right top(code: wmITA4f)
winged wheel type 2 left bottom(code: wmITA4g)
winged wheel type 2 left top(code: wmITA4h)
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