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Post by ponso1 on Jul 18, 2024 4:01:28 GMT
Please tale a look at 2 Scott #615’s. Is the top one an error of color, a color misregistration or something else? Much thanks all. ponso1 Hi Ponso1 personal opinion, best case : classic case of "bleaching" or over bleaching. or, perhaps light damage (left in a window, or a framed stamp in a picture) Damaged. I would agree with you except for the fact that the blue parts of the stamp are so very blue! If it was as you suggest wouldn’t the blue be faded or washed out as well?
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Post by ponso1 on Jul 18, 2024 4:02:48 GMT
Please tale a look at 2 Scott #615’s. Is the top one an error of color, a color misregistration or something else? Much thanks all. ![](https://i.ibb.co/yBk1bvC/IMG-0569.jpg) Rod - look at the blue in both stamps! Perfect!
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Partime
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Post by Partime on Jul 18, 2024 4:52:52 GMT
Agree with Rod. Stamp is damaged, probably by soaking for too long, but also could be some sun damage.
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Post by philatelia on Jul 18, 2024 5:43:48 GMT
It’s so much fun to find freaks and oddities like your stamp. It looks to me like a dramatic color changeling - possibly the red ink has faded, washed out or was exposed to too much UV? Some inks can fade while the others are unaffected thus creating some really weird stamps.
There is no mention of any color varieties for this issue in Unitrade, so a color missing error after all these years would be extremely unlikely. There is a faint possibility, but, as the saying goes, when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not unicorns. (🦄 sounds cooler than Zebras!)
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jul 18, 2024 6:05:00 GMT
ponso1 Hi Ponso1, One cannot put their finger on why a postage stamp shows a variance in colours. It requires specialist investigations. However, from experience, a long time collector can surmise with some accuracy, on just the possibilities of stamps that are "colour changelings" And that is all one need to be satisfied. The rates of pigment change, under differing conditions, is the job of the chemist. The VERY FIRST observation is when the postage is stamp is anything but MINT UNHINGED when USED, a postage stamp could have suffered any number of bad husbandry projects. Any USED stamp, should be met with immediate circumspection. With my 5 "stamp swapping" colleagues, I ask for "ANYTHING, the ripped , the torn and the abused" That way my colleagues don't have to worry about what they send, I like getting everything, stamps revenues, paper clippings any w"what have you" Ergo, I am often met with badly care taken postage stamps, the varieties of "colour changelings" are never ending. Some colours fade, others change, some disappear, some colour remain unchanged Yours, in my opinion, just joins the crowd. But don't take my word for it, send it in for a certificate, I think it is only about $50 ![](https://i.ibb.co/yXdHLmm/Colour-Changelings.jpg)
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Post by rod222 on Jul 18, 2024 6:30:13 GMT
Colour Changelings. Tom Horn link![](https://i.ibb.co/BKzfckd/colour-changelings-tom-horn.jpg)
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Post by ponso1 on Jul 18, 2024 13:35:42 GMT
Thank you all for the responses. I love learning new things philatelic and appreciate everyone sharing their thoughts!
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