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Africa/All : wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

 

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TuskenRaider
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13 May 2016
11:09:46pm
Hi Everyone;

I'm sorting some British Africa and came across a Scott's #17 which the catalog shows as grey green. SG also shows grey green.

However mine is grey green frame, but the oval portrait of Edward VII is definitely yellow green. I find it strange that they used two different inks to print this. If they used the same ink for the whole stamp, then the whole stamp would fade to a yellow green. Or they actually used two different colors to print this and I'm going blind and can't find where it is listed. A fake maybe?

Does anyone have a more specialized catalog, that may list this?

Just Wonderin'....
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michael78651

14 May 2016
12:38:54am
re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

A different printing on many British stamps of the era used anniline inks. That ink type is very subject to fading and dissolving in water.

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14 May 2016
05:33:04pm
re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

I have seen several British colonial definitive issues listed as a mono-color but appearing as separate shades on the used stamps. Typically these are green or violet. The ones I found were not listed in Scott or Stanley-Gibbons catalogs.

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19 May 2016
02:51:51pm
re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

Hi Everyone;

Thanks for the replies. It occurred to me that Royal Post, may have used two different inks that start
out as grey green, on purpose. When soaked off the envelope, the center oval would turn yellow
green, thus making it harder to re-use. Postal clerks would spot the color difference easily.

Just thinkin'.... Thinking
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19 May 2016
03:15:09pm
re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

Known in the trade as 'fugitive color'. Cheers,

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TuskenRaider

13 May 2016
11:09:46pm

Hi Everyone;

I'm sorting some British Africa and came across a Scott's #17 which the catalog shows as grey green. SG also shows grey green.

However mine is grey green frame, but the oval portrait of Edward VII is definitely yellow green. I find it strange that they used two different inks to print this. If they used the same ink for the whole stamp, then the whole stamp would fade to a yellow green. Or they actually used two different colors to print this and I'm going blind and can't find where it is listed. A fake maybe?

Does anyone have a more specialized catalog, that may list this?

Just Wonderin'....
TuskenRaider

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michael78651

14 May 2016
12:38:54am

re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

A different printing on many British stamps of the era used anniline inks. That ink type is very subject to fading and dissolving in water.

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rjan

14 May 2016
05:33:04pm

re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

I have seen several British colonial definitive issues listed as a mono-color but appearing as separate shades on the used stamps. Typically these are green or violet. The ones I found were not listed in Scott or Stanley-Gibbons catalogs.

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TuskenRaider

19 May 2016
02:51:51pm

re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

Hi Everyone;

Thanks for the replies. It occurred to me that Royal Post, may have used two different inks that start
out as grey green, on purpose. When soaked off the envelope, the center oval would turn yellow
green, thus making it harder to re-use. Postal clerks would spot the color difference easily.

Just thinkin'.... Thinking
TuskenRaider

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ikeyPikey

19 May 2016
03:15:09pm

re: wierd color on East Africa and Uganda Protectorates

Known in the trade as 'fugitive color'. Cheers,

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