World Classic Doppelgängers

Here is a triplet.

What a coincidence, for a few weeks ago I wanted a full set, mint, so I bought it...

Until that very brief time ago, I had only one or two used examples, different values if I do have two, and inherited, if one might call it that.

There is a much rarer colour of the 21/2d: Prussian blue.

But which are the three stamps posted? All three are different and I am not referring to 'shades.'

This, my best guess, for I never said that I was good at this sort of thing...

Incidentally, the design is meant to appear like it's shimmering, like a polished plate, of course, of silver...

They are the types 1, 2, and 3 stamps. Type 1 is a sheet stamp, types 2 and 3 are booklet stamps. Type 2 stamps have the watermark inverted.

The 'FP' of 'HALFPENNY' is solid in the type 1 stamp and gradated in the type 2 and 3 stamps. The latter stamps have slight differences in the lines above 'JU' of 'JUBILEE.'

The 1/2 d, 1 d, and 1 1/2 d stamps all come in three types.

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Their Moroccan cousins

Gold Coast, 1888, 1/-...

That is not the pair of the Gold Coast 4d values previously submitted. Those above are 1/- values rather.

Which is the doppelgänger, or the "evil" twin?

Looks like purple on the left and violet on the right...

In stamps of the USSR, this is a frequent occurrence, for example, 50 kop., in the gold standard 1923-25 without a watermark, lyto and typo ($10 vs $3000).

"Looks like purple on the left and violet on the right..."

Billsey, somewhat correct, however is it a foregone conclusion that you already know which is the doppelgänger?

The one on the left is actually "bright magenta", according to SG; and the other violet, yes.

"In stamps of the USSR, this is a frequent occurrence..."

Thank you for your contribution ronjkemsk. Indeed, a watermark, or the preferred manner in which it was printed, or the lack thereof of either, can make, or break, a stamp, worldwide. For example, this one bears a watermark, from 1895...

That is the doppelgänger of the unwatermarked issue released a year before, in 1894. Then, imagine my disappointment upon discovering the watermark, although the "pain" has subsided over the years since.

Both of the stamps in question, above, have the same watermark. Another member is getting close to solving the riddle, but no cigar, not quite yet.

@StampGuy64,

I think ronjkemsk referred to printing methods lithography and typography being the difference.

@NSK,

Yes, sure.

Yes, I knew that all along, too.