Field Guide to Postal Uses of the Americana Series      
 
 
 

Chapter 10 -- 2c Podium

 
 
Fig. 10-1.  (select any pic to enlarge)
 
 
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Bonus 10-6.  2c stamp as make-up with 13c commemorative on 15c one-ounce 1st-class letter, Sept. 14 1979.  Random sample from the range of ink and paper color shades possible on this issue.  (See color study of mint stamps, next.)
 
 
Bonus 10-7.  Color study of mint 2c stamps (typical selection, not meant to be exhaustive).  The top row are shiny-gummed stamps; the bottom row are dry-gummed.  Note:   Often the apparent paper color shade is affected by the imperfect press-ink wiping that smeared faint traces outside the engraved areas (especially on shiny-gum stamps, as most apparent here on second stamp in top row).   Only the last stamp, bottom row, is on untinted paper.
 
 
 
 
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