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Post by adamgarfinkle on Jan 19, 2022 16:12:22 GMT
Folks, I have a #12, used, but it's nowhere near orange. As the image that appears here (I hope) shows, it's a kind of drab gray. It could be a color changeling I suppose, but if it is it's really an extreme case, seems to me. Otherwise, it's a typical used stamp--perfs, town cancellation (St. something..., so not a revenue I would assume), paper are all normal, as far as I can make out. I have only Scott and an old Yvert, and neither mentions any other color for this except orange. Anyone know better, please?
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Post by Admin on Jan 19, 2022 16:32:55 GMT
Posting the image will help elicit a response. See this thread.
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Post by vikingeck on Jan 19, 2022 18:26:06 GMT
No idea what you mean by a #12. As an inhabitant of elsewhere than N America who uses Facit and Norges katalog for Norway am I to assume this refers to a Scott catalogue? You do not say so. Have you identified it correctly ? EDIT: Ok I have you now, and Facit has the 2SKILL2. As. # 12 also , in various shades of orange . the postmark is the town STAVANGER I am not aware of an “error of colour” though the 1 SKILL 1 is black and the 3SKILL3 is grey.. this looks brown in the scan can it be oxidised.? It certainly looks very dirty . can thegubman or tobben63 help?
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Post by thegubman on Jan 20, 2022 9:52:09 GMT
The 2 skilling 2 vapen from 1867 is printed in orange, varying shades of. The 1 skilling 1 is a grey black colour and the 3 skilling 3 varying shades of grey. Perhaps your stamp has been chemically treated? I am not aware of such colours existing for this stamp, so would be somewhat sceptical, but you never know!
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Post by vikingeck on Jan 20, 2022 15:04:11 GMT
The brownish tones which appear in the scan on a dirty stamp do suggest a colour changeling possibly due to atmospheric chemical effect . Coal gas fires and gas lights are known culprits with early (contemporary) GB penny red and Two pence blue . Both of which are often found almost black . I am going to venture this is similar.
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Post by adamgarfinkle on Jan 20, 2022 16:31:09 GMT
Thank you for the replies, and for identifying the cancellation locale.
Yes, probably a changeling, I suppose. It's wise to be skeptical of discovering errors or rarities, and I am skeptical. But just to clarify: the stamp is not particularly "dirty"; there's no crud apparent above the surface of the paper, and what may look like staining could be just ink-cancellation smear. And I see no oxidation, which is often not homogeneous over the surface. Treated with a chemical? Yes, possibly. So it remains a very minor mystery.
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Post by vikingeck on Jan 20, 2022 17:18:50 GMT
well if not “dirty” , very discoloured. the paper should be white, and the early GB sulphur affected penny reds can very evenly discoloured over all , so I can’t discount it.
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Post by vikingeck on Jan 20, 2022 18:55:19 GMT
You could leave it as it is or you could try a bath with a little hydrogen peroxide to restore the original colour !
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