New Zealand Christmas 1961

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Hi to all

Has anyone else noticed this variety on the 1961 Christmas stamp
On the stamp on the right, the colouring on the gap in the broken arch is white, where on the other it is blue.
Is this a constant variety, or just an oddity.
Regards
Horamakhet

Could it be a color shift, or maybe color faded? Overall, the colors on the left stamp seem much more vivid, the used stamp seems duller. If you look at Mary's head dress it is much more pronounced in the mint copy, sort of smeared dull in the canceled stamp?

Peter

Definitely a color shift. Look at Mary's sleeve to see double colors on the right stamp.

Two things.

If the mint stamp was not as exosed as the used copy then the colours would be faded.

But, on the right-hand stamp all of the green colour on the whole stamp is lightened or not as strong.


Could be a wash in hard water (has extra minerals in it) or a kind of soap wash from before has lessened the green. But, I think that this kind of semi-chemical washing would also lessen all the colours.


Wish I had one to compare. This is the kind of thing where you really need more than one copy of the stamp, mint and used, from different sources, to do some colout comparing.


I like it. Worth keeping. Probably would not be mentioned as a varietiy in the regular catalogues (constant only), but may be in a any-error-will-do kind of really interesting catalogue.

Check ebay and Delcampe and other online sites, or dealers, taking yours with you.

Hi
thanks to all, I will see if I can find any more in my collection to compare.
Horamakhet