Washington 2 cent

[pdv006]

Good morning all. I am going to need your expertise on this one. I am comparing the 1894 Washington 2 cent stamp and found that is to me. If you look at the bottom stamp in the upper right the design is much darker. Is that normal?

[stampie78]

May 3, 2019 8:50:55 GMT -5 pdv006 said:

Good morning all. I am going to need your expertise on this one. I am comparing the 1894 Washington 2 cent stamp and found that is to me. If you look at the bottom stamp in the upper right the design is much darker. Is that normal?

In this issue I think you will find many shades of all values. I have seen them from a washed out very light red/pink to a very dark red. I am sure if you were to spread out 20  of these you would be able to pick out at least a half dozen distinct shades.

Scott specialized lists several shades/types of this stamp. The types having to do with the triangles in the upper corners. Colours run from pink to carmine lake to scarlet to rose to pale pink to dark carmine lake to dark carmine to pale carmine. As you can see this is a fun issue to work on. I gave up on colours long ago.  I would sort by type first and go from there. I know you wanted expert advise and that's not me. Maybe now you are more confused than when you started. If that's the case then my job here is done. Have fun and happy stamping.

[khj]

May 3, 2019 9:38:56 GMT -5 stampie78 said:

Scott specialized lists several shades/types of this stamp. The types having to do with the triangles in the upper corners.

stampie78 is correct, the bottom stamp is different design type. It is not necessary to have a Scott US Specialized to sort the types -- they are also listed in Scott Standard WW and the other major catalogs. I didn't check to see if the Type # definitions were the same.



Because you have a camera pic, I can't tell for certain. But:

top left: Type III or IV
top right: Type II, III, or IV
bottom: Type I

As far as color, it's hard for me to distinguish fine color shades on used stamps that aren't in perfect condition due to color changelings. I'll leave that up to you or someone else.

[pdv006]

Guys thanks a lot. The bottom stamp caught my eye and I looked in Scott's but I missed that.

[khj]

Don't worry. I didn't even notice the difference in the triangles until I saw a Scott catalog (1976) for the first time over 40 years ago! Still remember the catalog -- drab solid black cover, uglier than a telephone book. But the info inside, priceless! After that, I started paying attention to stamp details a little more.

Ahhh, memories...