How To Tell If It's Rose Or Deep Rose???

I've got the ID of a stamp down to Scott GB #49, plate 5. But I don't know how I would know if it's rose or deep rose. My color gauge doesn't list deep rose. Is there a publication that I should be looking at for this information? Thank you!

Which colour gauge do you have?

The Wonder color gauge

Ah I see. I have a Stanley Gibbons one so I'm not quite sure that it will be the same then. I would suggest buying that one though. It's helped me out quite a bit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stanley-Gib...5772d&_uhb=1

Thanks for the information! :)

The Stanley Gibbons colour gauge is excellent and I have used mine a million times.
Colours are fun and interesting.
However, if one uses Scott or any other catalogue apart from Gibbons, it is useless. In the USA many colours have different names.

Lindsey, put a scan up and you'll get an answer...or at worst, my opinion !

Londonbus1

Here is a photo I took, it's pretty true to color - this stamp has a red look to me...

Sorry to me it looks faded out.

I may have to scan it - I was just feeling lazy!

I'll pick a rose for my rose.

A few chewed perfs mean it has lost lots of value.
Still nice to have in your collection.

Okay, here is a much better image - this one is scanned in.



What do you think now?

Rose.

Now according to Gibbons catalogue there is a Rose and a Deep Rose.
But according to Gibbons Colour Key [yes, the same Gibbons], there is a Rose and a.........well, there isn't a Deep Rose !

Now is that confusing ?
Well, not really.
In a land where the Post Office and the Stamp Printers call it this colour....the leading Catalogue producer calls it...well, they call it a completely different colour, anything can happen.

But I'll stick with Rose and I'll wager anyone who doesn't agree !

Even Gibbons !

Londonbus1.....A Red Bus, not a Rose in sight !

Hahahaha! Thanks Londonbus - if I happen to run into the head honchos at Gibbons, I'll inform them of your wager! :)

I have a pic of me and the head 'honchos' at Gibbons. I'll have to try and find it !

the second photo, looks like the darker shade of Deep rose .The deep rose color is almost a maroon color and your second photo fits .

It's a Plate 5 therefore it's a Rose, the Deep Rose shades weren't introduced until about Plate 7 or 8,

Pagoda