Hi scb. Thanks for the response. As I stated in the initial post I am aware of the vagarities of scanning and displaying colour, and trying to judge them. That's why I thought I'd add some visual examples. That way I'd hoped to at least get an idea of what the possibilities were.
Unfortunately Scott's only lists the three colours (wouldn't it be great to be able to have a specialized catalogue for every country?). I did see the cancel was 1881 but the first issue was released (again, according to Scott's) from 1875 to 1881, so that's why I figured this (along with the perfs) was from that issue.
What do you think the three blues pictured in the
ebay image above, are? I'm still inclined to think the first one is the same, or similar to mine.
I know it's wishful thinking that mine is the prussian blue, but hey, never hurts.
By the way, is that your stamp blog listed under your response? Looks great, I'll have to take a closer look when I can.