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Look at how different the blue inks on these two stamps look! Both are #246's.  Here they are with the rest of the family..remarkable difference by comparison. It strikes my curiosity as to why? Anyone have any idea why there is so much contrast between the two? Thank you for any information you can share.  |
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Some stamps may have a drier look than others since the paper could have been less wet than usual and/or less ink was put on the printing plate than usual. |
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| Edited by jogil - 06/18/2013 2:10 pm |
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Thank you but this is my quandary: why is the paper more stiff and the color so vastly darker than the thousands of others I've looked at? |
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246 is ultramarine, 247 is also the 1c, but is listed in blue.
Hard to speak about color definitively from a scan, but I would think that the dull pale colored stamp is a true 146, while the other is most likely 147. |
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Thank you both for your effort to answer my question! Essayk that would seem to be logical and make good sense so for now I believe it is a #147. <-typo Scott #247 Blue |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 06/18/2013 4:22 pm |
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They definitely are neither 146 or 147 as those are Banknotes (2¢ Jackson & 3¢ Washington) perhaps a typo ?
246 & 247 would make sense. |
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Also, aren't the 1894 BEP issues supposed to have rougher looking perforations than the 1895 BEP issues which are more clean cut? |
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| Edited by jogil - 06/18/2013 3:53 pm |
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My bad, I shifted from 246-247 to 146-147
Unintentional slip. should be 246-ultramarine, 247-blue |
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Yeah I just caught that too just a type-o... Oh well I knew what I meant...lol  |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 06/18/2013 4:23 pm |
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Please help a newbie here. Is there a tutorial on how to edit a post once you have submitted it? I missed that, but it seems to be done.
Never mind, I just found the icon for that. Hooray! |
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| Edited by essayk - 06/18/2013 4:30 pm |
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