I'm starting to work on my Luxembourg (I know, I was looking for Mexico at PIPEX and it was close alphabetically). I've got the Michel specialized catalogue and the Scott Classic Specialized to work from since I don't know of a better reference. Scott shows the 1 silbergroschen of 1852 with one more variety than Michel. Michel shows a rose carmine shade printed in 1856 and Scott adds a dark rose carmine on thin paper in 1859. Since the next design 12˝ centimes (same as 1sg) was also released in 1859 (September) I'd expect the latter to have had little use, and that's born out to a certain extent by the higher catalog value for it. Did Michel just miss something here or did they just lump the thin paper in with the rest of the carmine rose issues?
The easy answer ,is that the German catalog is following how the stamp dealers on the continent carry it in their inventory and how they make up their price list .
S.G. has 4 shades . brick-red,deep red,rose,and dull red .
If the Scott Classic has 7 varieties in the colors ,then someone did a study and maybe a paper on subject of the seven shades and it was accepted by Sergio Sismondo .
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