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Posted 06/04/2011   12:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add marko1959 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello all, was working on the album, I found two identical stamps, but there is a color difference, left one is a lighter color the right one is a deeper color. Which would you use?

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Posted 06/04/2011   01:07 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This stamp was issue as a flat plate print perf 11(E12)and rotary press printing perf 11x10.5 (E15). The 2 shown are E15b gray lilac and E15a red lilac.
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Posted 06/04/2011   03:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Londonbus1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
So here is yet another classical example of colour differences between countries and catalogues !

In Gibbons they are most likely Slate-Purple and Purple and there is quite a difference between basic Purple and Lilac.

I wonder what they are in Michel and Yvert & Tellier ? Anyone?
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Posted 06/04/2011   07:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tomiseksj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Which would you use?

Marko1959,

I'd display the one on the left as it has better centering and the more interesting (at least to me) Iowa postmark.

Steve
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Posted 06/04/2011   08:55 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kirks to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Steve.

It's a personal decision, but when I'm in your position, I generally give highest priority to a light cancel that doesn't obscure the design. Then I would consider centering.

It's hard to quantify -- you should just look at them and decide which one gives you the overall feeling of "nice stamp"
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Posted 06/04/2011   11:34 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add butterfly to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
They make a nice pair. I like to display color variations whenever possible, saving usually the lightest and darkest or largest hue difference, etc. exemplars.
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Posted 06/04/2011   12:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I print my own album pages so that I have a space for the major and minor numbers and display both.
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Posted 06/04/2011   12:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add marko1959 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks all for the input..... I believe I will display both
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