Just finished sorting and mounting my pile of Dominican Republic stamps (not to be confused with “Dominica” by the way… Found lots of Dominica mixed into my various piles I have acquired over the years). Pro Tip: The easiest way to sort these out is noting the fact that they speak Spanish in the […]
Posts with the Color Shifts tag
Canada – 1968 – 479 – Red over Blue Variety
Another example of Unitrade providing additional minor number varieties for Canadian Stamps. This Meteorology stamp, issued in 1968, is Scott (Unitrade) number 479. Printed in 4 colors, dark blue, light blue, yellow and red. The variety, according to Unitrade is called “Red Over Blue” where the red edge of the dish appears to be […]
USA Scott 703 – Shifting Heads
More color shifts coming to you from USA Scott #703. These are very common varieties and for the most part, the challenge is to find copies of this stamp where the black section is perfectly centered. Interestingly this stamp is Scott 703 and was issued right after Scott 702 – The shifting Red Cross […]
USA 1931 – Shifting Red Crosses
Recently I posted on this group of stamps from Czechoslovakia with shifting red crosses. I also have a few examples of a similar shifting red cross from the USA. This 1931 issue (Scott #702) has quite a drastic shift in the red printed red-cross As you can see, the cross moves left right […]
Bohemia and Moravia 1943 Shifting Red Cross Semi-Postal
The shifting red cross on this stamp reminds me of another set of “shifting red crosses” that exist on an early USA stamp (See this post for the USA Examples). These are on the 1943 Semi-Postal 1.2k + 8.8k (Scott #B21) issued to aid the German Red Cross. The cross is supposed to be just […]
Czechoslovakia – 1066 – Color Shifts of #1414 – Trade Fair Brno Stamp
For stamps printed in multiple colors (2 in this case), one of the things I always am on the lookout for is color shifts. These color shifts are usually pretty easy to spot, and, are usually pretty common if you have enough duplicates to look through. This is example is 1966, Scott #1414 issued to […]