Postcard With Blue KGV 2¢ Arch!

Over paid for some covers at an estate auction today (caught up in the moment and my brain malfunctioned!)
Part of the group I got was this Christmas postcard posted in Riviere Aux Pins (I think that's what the cancel says) on December 19, 1933.
But the 2¢ King George looks odd as a light blue.
That is of course because it was never issued in light blue. Just dull green, deep red and dark brown.





You can see traces of the original brown (SC#166) on his Majesty's face, collar and medals.

Oxydized I suppose. But doesn't make up for my financial brain f**t (family site )

I just sold one on ebay that was a changeling. It is a 1 cent green but something contacted it and half is blue.

Nice Post Card James.

The few times we went to these country auctions and there were stamps available I would say that the winning bids
were too high for the stuff they were peddling.

Was it in Ballantrae or the one in Pottageville by chance?

Pottageville. And some of the bids were too high. There are a couple of gentlemen I recognized who frequent these and tend to drive the prices up. I always try to stay realistic (left before a lot of newer common stuff went under the hammer) but sometimes you nod when you should shake you head, then the wife reminds you of it all the way home.