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Should I really expect such a wide spectrum for R15 orange, or is there a color variation that I do not know about?  |
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| Edited by jhlovell - 03/03/2011 12:12 pm |
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[Uninformed Opinion: ON]
I suspect the Orange color is very susceptible to oxidation -- that could account for the darker/brownish examples. Not sure about the very bright orange, but I like it.
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Additional uninformed opinion:
Also the heavy metals in the red pigments can suck up sulfur, giving darkening usually. (like silverware)
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from what I have read, the first issues had fugitive inks.
Orange being the most fugitive. Also, as someone pointed out, oxidation occurs the most with orange pigments.
The 4th stamp could have had a bath in a whitener like hydrogen peroxide. Also that one is a cut cancel.
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Thank you all and please do not do the uninformed thing cause if you all are uninformed then I have to put myself in the "dope dept". Thanks again, and if you aren't bored yet, I will throw up a few more. - Jeff |
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Thanks to the new Revenue Collector site that I was shown, I think I have an R18c and R6c here. Love the deep green on R18c  |
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R55c and R59c with a type cancel of 24 Nov 1868. Don't you know they had to cancel it with blue ink.  |
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| Edited by jhlovell - 03/03/2011 1:02 pm |
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i think you should just take all your b.o.b. stuff and send it to me for safe keeping. |
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