France 1963 Vittel Stamp Lawn Color Variety?

Here is what I found,or maybe it's already known one well at least it's the first one for me

You have a good eye!

That is a printing freak, usually caused by localized inking problems on the plate. At the spot you circle in your example, if you look horizontally all the way to the right edge you will see a row of 4 trees. The lawn there has the same problem; the dark green ink for the trees got into area on the plate that was intended for yellow green ink.

You're right,there is the same problem on the right.Well the french usually take things on the easy note,except love,wine and cheese :)

Yes, and I still have a problem counting...

"row of 5 trees" (instead of 4)

k

Don't go hard on yourself - Be like a French! ;)

I think the top one is the regular issue as it matches my ones.
The bottom could be a variety listed in Maury which is - a: trees green instead of blue-green €15

In kmncd's stamps, the trees are still basically blue-green, although there is still some bleeding of the yellow green into the edges of a few trees. It's the lawn that is not green anymore in isolated parts of the left stamp; I had assumed that was what kcmnd was asking about. Also, if you look at both stamps, the trees around "VITTEL" at top are all yellow-green.

I don't have a Maury catalog, but I suspect what they are referring to is an inking shade, in which ALL the trees are green instead of blue-green (what Scott calls dark green). Just guessing, and too lazy to pull out my Y&T.

Khj is right the trees are not of the issue,the lawn patch in the middle is the difference,I will check few extra stamps I might have of this issue for more of these,so basically the lawn should be light green and not the blue-green.

As I mentioned, all the ones I have and that are shown in catalogues show the lawn as blue-green.

http://www.phil-ouest.com/Timbre.ph...=Vittel_1963
http://www.lemarchedutimbre.com/ima.../3644469.jpg

During the week I sorted some stamps on the free time or skipped the lunch in order to do so :) and I do have 5 of these stamps which 3 are with blue green lawn patch the others two are light green ones.Guess is common one but still worth the attention ;)