Does This 93's Cancel Look Green To You?

Short answer - yes, it looks green.
Disclaimer - I know nothing, and can the inks become faded/washed out to a green colour?

okay so I just bought this...
Now, I can take the critique...
opinions wanted.. purchase price was 16.50

I have done worse As far as it being green, yep look's green to me, I don't know how it could be disputed, unless there is a standard green ink formula to compare it to. No matter what, be it green ,blue, black or red, this would look sweet in a cancel collection of 19th century stamps.

cool, I am glad you agree, Scott 2008 specialized adds +200 to the value for green cancel.

Agree that this cancel appears to be green!

As long as we're on the subject of catalog premiums for special cancels (or color of cancels), let me ask a question:

How does one evaluate the surplus value of a stamp with a special cancel on a stamp that would be below Scott's VF condition value? In this case, the perfs are cutting into the design, so it would be graded below Scott's VF condition (probably VG or VG/F), but does the premium for the cancel also fall in direct correlation with the condition of the stamp?

(BTW, the cancel looks green to me, too.)

wt1, good question..
for this series of stamps this stamp according to everything I have read is in the "Fine" category pre 1870.
Current scott values this at $25.00, the specialized catalog makes no distinction on grade.. maybe it is implied that the plus only goes with the VF?
I don't know, I don't think it would, I think the cancel would be the same regardless of the condition.

If I may.. for $16 ya can't get hurt :)

SCV is always for VF stamps, even on classics. That one looks to me like a G/VG, of course, Black Jacks are notorious for lousy centering. It's tough to say if it's a green cancel or not, but a lot of inks of the era were famous for changing color (I collect 24c '61s, if I had a dollar for every "steel blue" that wasn't really a SB...). If I had to guess I would think that it's an oxidised blue cancel, it just looks a tad off to me. Also, the green inks used for cancellations of this era tend to be a little darker in hue.

bill.. once I get it in hand, I can better tell the color...
I'll post pics then.

Its a nice cancel, whatever colour it turns out to be!

yes, it looks green. Is that a good thing?

Mark,

Genuine green cancels from the 1861 period are scarce and bring substantial premiums.

Cancellation colours noted here

I got the stamp,,, it is a blue cancel... +2.00 to the CV..
It is still nice and looks great in my collection.

Honestly I believe the cancel is bluish-green here are a couple of pics of stamps from that time period that have green cancels so you can compare.