To obtain a roll package which protects a web material against light and moisture.
This roll package 100 includes a spool 50, a web material W wound around the spool 50, and a protecting material which is wound around the web material W. The protective material, when tested in an atmosphere of 100°F (38°C) and in relative humidity of 100% has 0.1-gram or lower steam transmissivity per 100 inches cube per 24 hours. In a specific style of implementation, the spool 50 includes a core and a group of flanges 54, each flange 54 includes an outward surface and an inward surface, and the inward surface of each flange 54 includes a substantially planar part adjacent to the external edge of the flange 54 and a part which is hollowed in the substantially planar part.
THOMAS FREDERICK FAULDS