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Post by stainlessb on Mar 9, 2019 2:37:06 GMT
how does one tell igf this is a re-issue under the Soviet zone... or not?  |
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Post by khj on Mar 9, 2019 6:45:53 GMT
I'm not sure if this answers your question. The original perforated set was issued 19Jan1946, and imperforate sets were released on 21Feb1946. Is that what you mean by "reissue"? There is no design difference, only perforate/imperforate. If so, then your stamp is first issue (perforate set).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 13:14:35 GMT
There are 2 varieties of this issue, Red & Dark Red Your stamp may be the dark red with CV $15 vs $0.50 The lines and shading are much heavier.
Both issued in 1946 - no dates given
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Post by khj on Mar 9, 2019 18:06:54 GMT
As far as I know, that is just an inking variety that exists only for that stamp in the set. No color shades are listed for the other stamps in the set. That's the reason I did not consider it in my reply. It's not really a "reissue" and no separate issue date is listed in Michel for that inking variety.
In Nelson's pic, there does seem to be a noticeable difference in paper quality and paper darkness between the 2 color shades. I wonder if that is a coincidence or that rougher/darker paper quality is actually associated with the dark red?
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Post by khj on Mar 9, 2019 23:13:35 GMT
OK, never mind. I just realized that the bottom pic in the post by @falshung is the pic from stainlessb after undergoing a little image processing. I had thought it was his own confirmed dark red and he was comparing to his own red. Comparing super-slight color shade differences using pics from different scanners is a bit tricky, unless both scanners have been properly color-calibrated. There is such a big difference in the apparent paper resolution and shade for both stamps, it's hard to say if the red color has been reproduced accurately enough for a reliable comparison. |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Mar 9, 2019 23:44:18 GMT
khj @nl1947 was very helpful in the set up of my scanner- he graciously sent me screenshots of his settings which I used with VueScan and I have varied only slightly and typically only on certain colors... gray/blue - grey/brown seem be difficult to accurately depict without changing the appearance of the paper. But i agree, different scanners (and even personal color vision) can vary. Until I can se a physical example next to mine it's hard to knopw for sure
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Post by khj on Mar 10, 2019 0:12:17 GMT
That's great of him. I agree, I find the gray-blue and the pink to vary considerably among the 3 scanners that I use unless I make a lot of effort to calibrate/color-match -- which I don't (my monitors and laptop screens aren't color calibrated, so I can't really rely on what I see on screen either!).
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