France Scott 300c

Hi Folks,

I think I found a France 300c (turquoise shade). It is definitely turqoise to me, and is a world away from the dark blue of the image in the catalog. I know shades are hard via internet, but might someone have a scan of a 300c?

The couple of auctions I looked at where they claimed the stamp was 300c were way darker than my example (and probably just 300).

I tried a Philatelic Foundation search with no luck.

I would scan my own copy but my main computer is down *sob*.

Cheers,
Curundu

I did some more searching and came up with this



This is very much like mine, except mine is more turquoisey.

What we really need are all four shades side by side, maybe from an auction website;

#300 - dark blue
#300a - blue
#300b - blue green
#300c - turquoise

Well, I know yours are all in the bank vault, Doug, so I can't blame you for not providing a scan.

Including the unique block that shows all four shades...

Hi,
The 300c is the 'common' 1936 issue.
The 1935 issue is usually dark blue but as mentioned there are shades of both issues.

You should be able to find all four shades on Delcampe

Copy and paste required

http://www.delcampe.net/items?langu...t=0&catLists[]=3232&searchOptionForm[searchMode]=extended&searchOptionForm[termsToExclude]=&searchOptionForm[searchTldCountry]=net&searchOptionForm[searchInDescription]=N&searchOptionForm[searchTranslate]=N

See previous post - this is why I never bother to "search" (and seldom browse) on Delcampe. What a MESS!

You really need to use a quality philatelic color chart.

The problem is the color descriptions we use in the real world are not the same used in the stamp world.

So often at a stamp show or club meeting I will see someone claiming "well that looks like (color) to me", but when you compare it to a good color chart it can be different by several shades.

Example: How many arguments have there been over Scott U.S. #64, about if it is "Pink" enough?

I would normally agree Timm but there are so many of the regular Dark Blue and Turquoise versions available that the other two shades are quite obvious.
The blue-green was not issued so is very scarce which only leaves the blue.

Here is a Blue-Green.
Mine is not blue-green.



Still, I can be happy with a $30+ catalog value for a postally used turquoise Normandie.