Abstract: The base paper, according to the invention, comprises at least on one face:a first coat or base coat of a conventional coating slip applied at the rate of 3 to 25 g/m2,at least one superposed coat, applied at the rate of 1 to 10 g/m2, and containing conventional pigments, at least one conventional binder and gloss pigments in the proportion of at least 20% by weight on dry matter with respect to the whole fill of pigments of said superposed coat, and having a granulometry comprised between 0.05 and 1 .mu.m, and being preferably around 0.5 .mu.m.The invention finds an application in the production of a high gloss paper.