German Stamp ID
I cant find this stamp in Scott. I think the overprint reads Gastarbeit
but I'm not sure. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...CF/Grm-ARB.jpg |
German Stamp ID
Hi Treacan,
it is "Postgebiet Ob(erbefehlshaber) Ost. 1916 Michel # 10 , catalogue value 8.00 ?. These stamps were used in Lithuania and Kurland. Kind regards Gerhard "Treacan" schrieb im Newsbeitrag oups.com... I cant find this stamp in Scott. I think the overprint reads Gastarbeit but I'm not sure. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...CF/Grm-ARB.jpg |
German Stamp ID
Gerhard Reichert a écrit :
Hi Treacan, it is "Postgebiet Ob(erbefehlshaber) Ost. 1916 Michel # 10 , catalogue value 8.00 ?. These stamps were used in Lithuania and Kurland. Kind regards Gerhard Hi Treacan and Gerhard, With the help of Gerhard's answer I found it in Scott. The # is IN10 (design A16) 40 pf lake & blk [end of Lithuania chapter "Occupation stamps" "Issued under German Occupation"] BTW, why this name "lake" for this colour ??? On Treacan's scan http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...CF/Grm-ARB.jpg I see what I would name a carmine colour. -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade to answer me, please replace NOSPAM by my family name |
German Stamp ID
Pierre Courtiade wrote:
With the help of Gerhard's answer I found it in Scott. The # is IN10 (design A16) 40 pf lake & blk [end of Lithuania chapter "Occupation stamps" "Issued under German Occupation"] BTW, why this name "lake" for this colour ??? On Treacan's scan http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...CF/Grm-ARB.jpg I see what I would name a carmine colour. In the Scott catalogues, lake is darker in colour than carmine. Here's an eBay guide which attempts to show the difference. http://tinyurl.com/yb5n3l The $1 Queen Victoria Jubilee issue from Canada is listed in Scott and Unitrade as "lake" in colour. http://tinyurl.com/yhby5t My old Stanley Gibbons Colour Guide also considers lake to be darker than carmine. Ryan |
Carmine versus lake [was German Stamp ID]
Ryan Davenport wrote :
In the Scott catalogues, lake is darker in colour than carmine. Here's an eBay guide which attempts to show the difference. http://tinyurl.com/yb5n3l The $1 Queen Victoria Jubilee issue from Canada is listed in Scott and Unitrade as "lake" in colour. http://tinyurl.com/yhby5t My old Stanley Gibbons Colour Guide also considers lake to be darker than carmine. Ryan Many thanks Ryan for your quick and very helpful answer. Now I can see the difference between the two colours. This led me to another question : why this word "lake" which (at least in my poor knowledge of English) was only meaning a large pond. I found the answer on the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionnary site : http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary Main Entry: 2 lake Function: noun Etymology: French laque lac, from Old Occitan laca, from Arabic lakk -- more at LACQUER 1 a : a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal b : any of numerous usually bright translucent organic pigments composed essentially of a soluble dye absorbed on or combined with an inorganic carrier 2 : CARMINE 2 I will remember that the lake colour is at litlle bit more purplish than the carmine one. Thanks again Ryan. -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade to answer me, please replace NOSPAM by my family name |
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