I think I have identified this stamp correctly as a #443?? If I'm correct...is it unusual to see such a dark shading of green in the stamp. To the naked eye it almost appears to have a solid green background with very little definition which defines the white lines. Wondering if this is unusual? I know that stamps vary but this seems more drastic. Thanks for all the help with my posts.
These stamps are not 443. These are a different perforation rate from 443. (In addition that 443 is a coil, and your stamps are not.) Back to square 1, what perforation rate do you gauge these at?
As for color, intensity, etc., these stamps were the workhorse stamps for over a decade and were printed in the billions. Natural variation is bound to occur within the normal print runs.
This is nothing unusual, just heavier inking. Aside from the filled-in background, note the white space inside the outer frameline and the thin parts of the lettering are thinner because of more ink.
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Posted 10/07/2019 4:32 pm
