Same Stamp, Same Value, Different Color

okay, I see the same stamp/different value, same stamp/different country, same stamp/with burelage, and same stamp/with overprint topics, but not one for the same stamp, same value with different color (and I mean issued/re-issued as a different color, not the hair splitting of various "shades").

I'll open up with these:

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This is a good topic, kuhli, but sadly I haven't found any yet. I'll keep looking.

My special subject is the Indian State of Barwani. It had some difficulty settling on the colour it wanted to use for its lowest value, the ¼ Anna (give or take ½ a US cent at the time - 1920s-1940s). It started out a clear blue



moved on to a dingy, nondescript colour



went to green



back to blue, then to black



and rose



before finally returning to blue again. At least, until the ruler whose head appeared on the stamps died ... when they reissued them in a rather depressing grey:

Here's a group of classic US stamps. Same value colour variations.
Mr Garfield has been seen recently on another thread.
The two 1902 Grants at the bottom were purchased from a dealer at a show last year who hadn't noticed the colour difference. One wonders.

What a difference 4 years makes. Mr. Franklin in blue in 1894 and green in 1898. And there was an ultramarine in between.

This is a tough subject for those of us who are colorblind.

[Edit: Sorry about the first one -- I didn't pick up on the "hair-splitting, different shade" restriction.]

Austria Dollfuss.

********Scott 374 greenish black****************** Scott 375 indigo

Allied Occupied Germany 1947/48

Michel 956 and A956

Sorry, do not have any Scott info. They come from one of my stock books.

Although this is more of a colour variation than a distinct colour change, I still think it's great to see all these US special deliveries side by side to really appreciate how much the colour changed over the years.



Listed as gray violet, red lilac and gray lilac, though exactly which is which, I've not yet determined.

Fifia the first three are not exactly the same.

The first one is in D(eutscheP Pf(ennig)the second in PF(ennig)
and the rosa red last tone has no Pfennig.

Same with the 2 below them and the 2 last ones from the Rhineland

Netherlands 1928 (Scott 166) and 1935 (Scott 167)

Ah, and tomiseksj reminds us of the admirals. Thanks Tom.
Printed between 1912 and 1925, most of the denominations saw at least one colour change. We've already seen the 1c.
Here's more.













Admittedly the 50c is only a colour variation, black and brown black.

Thanks, Litho....did not see that (was still thinking about the nude thread)
These should be ok...


...there is a christmas tree on this stamp....