Both Stanley Gibbons #476 and Scott #415 list this as violet.
Maybe the colour has faded through soaking?
Curious
Very strange that the color is called violet. I checked on Stampworld and a dealers site. All of the stamps seem to have the same color as yours.
I suspect the colour is unstable and has a red component which has faded out in sunlight.
My copy looks the same. It isn't blue. You can see the difference if you place this stamp with a blue stamp. However, it isn't violet either. You can see the violet in the ink color, but I would call it more of a deep or dark violet. It's one of those shade things, but I do think it is mislabeled as merely violet.
If this was a German stamp I would say violet blue.
The one I have in my album is a nice violet. Michel
As per Lerivage post, the one we have, has color moved from violet to blue, it seems alteration due to light exposition
Thanks all for posts and informations
Foudutimbre
The Illetekbelyeg Katalogus - Hungary Specialized describes it as
Gray-Violet - the 5p as blue
Only 1 printing and no varieties
As per my Yvert catalogue the stamp issued 1926-1927 Child & Madona "value 1p" is violet and the 5p is blue.
Is this color of stamp is a variety or the stamps exists in other color?
thanks for help
Foudutimbre
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
Both Stanley Gibbons #476 and Scott #415 list this as violet.
Maybe the colour has faded through soaking?
Curious
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
Very strange that the color is called violet. I checked on Stampworld and a dealers site. All of the stamps seem to have the same color as yours.
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
I suspect the colour is unstable and has a red component which has faded out in sunlight.
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
My copy looks the same. It isn't blue. You can see the difference if you place this stamp with a blue stamp. However, it isn't violet either. You can see the violet in the ink color, but I would call it more of a deep or dark violet. It's one of those shade things, but I do think it is mislabeled as merely violet.
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
If this was a German stamp I would say violet blue.
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
The one I have in my album is a nice violet. Michel
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
As per Lerivage post, the one we have, has color moved from violet to blue, it seems alteration due to light exposition
Thanks all for posts and informations
Foudutimbre
re: HUNGARY STAMP COLOR blue
The Illetekbelyeg Katalogus - Hungary Specialized describes it as
Gray-Violet - the 5p as blue
Only 1 printing and no varieties