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I'm trying to educate myself on early Postage Dues. The colors seem pretty straight-forward. Not that subtle. This image is a brown, red-brown, and bright claret. Is it that simple? Any gotchas I should know about?  |
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My Scott's specialized has a lot more than 3 colors. Please take a look. |
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Sometimes the difference between the second and third issues can be difficult to tell. However, the third issue fluoresces differently under UV from the second issue. |
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Thanks wtcrowe - good clue. YbT - I'm only looking at the first design - only three colors for that. Thanks. |
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Hi, I guess I am confused for PD stamps with first design 1879-1891, I have the colors as brown, pale brown, deep brown, yellowish brown, red brown, pale red brown, deep red brown, bright claret, light claret, dark claret.
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Ah - the deeps and the pales and the lights and the darks - yes - but those are just minor variations of the main color. I'm just trying to make sure I can group them into the three basic colors. Maybe I could sort out some of those minor variations later. |
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That sent me down a rabbit hole. I have two more with that cancel. I can't tell if it is considered rare or not. If it is a precancel but no gum I assume it is still a used stamp. Correct? Here are the other two:   |
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The only way to be reasonably sure is to have a large group of them. Then it becomes possible to tell. Otherwise, it's like most stamps. One has to se a LOT of them to even begin to have a real clue when only looking at one or two. |
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That sent me down a rabbit hole. There's another burrow. The precancel New York "String of Pearls" also is struck with a gray-blue ink.  Then there are Boston precancels,  And the scarcer Chicago Block C precancel,  Sorry about the condition of the last stamp, they are tough to find! |
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Good stuff!
Al E, what color would you call the first stamp? Deep brown? |
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Posted 11/11/2022 12:09 pm
US SCOTT342 1908 PERF 12 DBL LINE WM $1 WASHINGTON LIGHT CANCEL NO FAULTS
US SCOTT218 XFSUPERB 1885 90C PERRY ATTRACTIVE STAMP LIGHT CANCEL
US SCOTT244 XF 1893 $4 COLUMBIAN WALL STREET STATION CANCEL NO FAULTS
US SCOTT230238 OG NICELY CENTERED 1893 COLUMBIAN SET ATTRACTIVE NO FAULTS
US SCOTT480 1916 $5 MARSHALL 3 JUMBO MARGINS AND CLEAR ON TOP NO FAULTS
