Hey all, I've done a scan of a selection of my perf 10 postage due stamps. These were placed directly on the glass. The variations in color you can see with the scan are similar to what I see with naked eye. The colors in the scan are just a bit brighter than what I see.
Anyway, I have two questions based on this scan.
#1) The 3rd row (three 2c stamps) all glow orange under longwave UV light. The most orange glow is the right most stamp. That stamp also seems more pinkish, perhaps due to fugitive ink. I have a hard time believing each of these is vermilion (known to glow orange). I'm pretty certain none of these three are carmine lake. The first stamp in the 4th row is carmine lake. The other color choice in Scott Specialized is dull rose. I didn't think dull rose would glow under UV light. Are there truly multiple vermilion shades? Is it possible that dull rose would glow under orange UV light?
#2) The 5c stamps. Scott Specialized lists carmine lake, dull rose, carmine rose, and deep claret. I believe what I have are deep claret and carmine rose. I ruled out carmine lake since that would have to be similar in color to the 2c and 3c in the same row. I ruled out dull rose as that would have to be similar in color of the first two 1c stamps in the 2nd row. Perhaps I have my colors wrong. My question is why doesn't Scott list a value for the 5c deep claret?
Note: I'm 99.9% certain these are all single line watermark. I check and double-check these stamps and only give them a number when I can see a good portion of the watermark, especially single line.
