“The genesis of the story of this stamp has its tragi-comedy aspects when one reads through the literature. “During the past forty years a number of articles or editorial pieces have appeared in philatelic publications presenting the pros and cons on the subject of the blue and carmine normal printings versus the ultramarine and carmine specimens which have been reported. Apparently, I had forgotten all about this essay.īecause it is scholarship at its finest, is conclusive about the existence of Scott C23c and allows us to put this question to bed, I will quote White’s analysis in some detail: Encyclopedia of the Colors of United States Postage Stamps. White departed from his focus on the stamps of the 1840s through 1922, to include an essay on the “Two Dollar, Three Cent Victory, and Six Cent 1918-1939 Issues” at the end of Vol. philatelic literature and a go-to reference that I use frequently.Ī companion volume, The Papers and Gums of United States Postage Stamps 1847-1909, that was published in 1983. His five-volume Encyclopedia of the Colors of United States Postage Stamps, published in the early 1980s, is one of the seminal works in all of U.S. The foremost expert in color varieties on United States stamps from 1847 into the 1940s was R.H. But thanks to Linn’s reader James Patterson, I am now a believer. In any case, I was not convinced that C23c was a real error. This is probably due to the normal variations seen in wet paper printing, wiping variations and thus inking application flaws, oxidizing, and changes due to the chemical content of water or paper when used stamps were washed from envelopes. Indeed there is quite a range of the blue color available in any accumulation of Scott C23. In addition, I had no reliable scientific readings to verify that this is a variety, and I had a handful of used examples of the stamp that mimic the ultramarine pretty closely.
Also, there was more than a hint of some market manipulation that occurred early on, and maybe some pay for play or other shenanigans involved in how the variety came to be listed in the catalog. The evidence I had when I wrote the May 15 column did not entirely agree on who and how the discovery of the ultramarine color was made or the numbers that might exist. Green Valley, AZ 85614īrowse our wide-ranging collection of auction catalogues previewing the rare stamps and lots being offered at upcoming sales.
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