I was just commenting to my wife how amazing it is to have a question like this, post it to this forum, and in under 30 min have "stamp friends" from around the world provide answers

Thanks so much Geoff and Rod. Good to know about the color variation for the first two. I was thinking along the same lines of oxidation for the third as well. Good to have it confirmed.
I find that I'm constantly handicapped by using only a Scott catalog
