Halfpenny shades

Material relating to the philately of the reign of Edward VIII.
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Robinr
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Halfpenny shades

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Dear All,

I was browsing a bag of ½d greens on pieces this afternoon and couldn't help noticing the variation in colour from time to time. I have not done a strict comparison examination of my cylinder blocks, but I did notice a similar difference between the colour of a sheet of 7 and sheets of 25 and 26.

To my eyes, the two shown here could be called bottle green and sage green. I played with them on Adobe Photoshop, and there certainly is a difference but it appears to be more of intensity than actual colour. The paper of the bottle green stamp was purer white than the other.

Is there anything in this matter of colour shades with this stamp?

Cheers, Robin
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