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General Philatelic/Identify This? : British Guiana stamp color ID

 

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tamu1981

15 Feb 2014
09:59:50pm
can someone help with this color ID? This is a British Guiana 1 cent sailing ship stamp with a crown and CA watermark (single not multiple). In scott catalogue there are only 3 1 cent stamps possible, lilac and gray, green, and gray green. This does not look like a single color stamp. Instead it looks like two different shades of green. Image Not Found

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michael78651

15 Feb 2014
10:24:36pm
re: British Guiana stamp color ID

It's going to be Scott #131A, the gray green. Even Gibbons doesn't distinguish the two green colors in its listings.

The stamp (and the others like this) were printed in two passes. The value tablet and the "Postage & Revenue" were printed in a different green ink shade than the main design. Gibbons calls the ink used on the interior design to be fugitive ink. This ink is subject to fading and also can dissolve from soaking.

Here are the three Watermark 2 (CA) stamps:

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tamu1981

16 Feb 2014
07:45:13am
re: British Guiana stamp color ID

thanks for the info. I do have a copy of 131A where the colors are more similar than this faded copy. Would have expected the tablet and design to fade together, but if they are different inks it would explain the difference.

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tamu1981

15 Feb 2014
09:59:50pm

can someone help with this color ID? This is a British Guiana 1 cent sailing ship stamp with a crown and CA watermark (single not multiple). In scott catalogue there are only 3 1 cent stamps possible, lilac and gray, green, and gray green. This does not look like a single color stamp. Instead it looks like two different shades of green. Image Not Found

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michael78651

15 Feb 2014
10:24:36pm

re: British Guiana stamp color ID

It's going to be Scott #131A, the gray green. Even Gibbons doesn't distinguish the two green colors in its listings.

The stamp (and the others like this) were printed in two passes. The value tablet and the "Postage & Revenue" were printed in a different green ink shade than the main design. Gibbons calls the ink used on the interior design to be fugitive ink. This ink is subject to fading and also can dissolve from soaking.

Here are the three Watermark 2 (CA) stamps:

Image Not Found

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tamu1981

16 Feb 2014
07:45:13am

re: British Guiana stamp color ID

thanks for the info. I do have a copy of 131A where the colors are more similar than this faded copy. Would have expected the tablet and design to fade together, but if they are different inks it would explain the difference.

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