How To Use A Colour Key: The Rare Prussian Blue | Stanley Gibbons

Colour identification in philately can be a difficult task, but it can make a huge difference when identifying your stamp and its value. Oscar Young, a professional philatelist, uses the rare Prussian Blue as an example on the colour chart.
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[@gregstesting6258]

Please check your fill in shots of the 2 stamps on the stock card. The Prussian is always on the right and throughout the video you keep pointing to the left stamp saying that is the Prussian Blue! And good luck sourcing one of those 100 year old colour charts in decent condition.

[@psarj]

It's not clear to me which stamps is the rarity. There's a discrepancy in which stamp Oscar is pointing at in the wide shots and the tight shots... Also, I don't understand the value in demonstrating the use of a ~100 year old colour chart. For a start, colours fade over time, so the colours that appear on this chart today are unlikely to match the stamps unless identical inks were used. Also, shouldn't he be demonstrating the use of a colour guide that is actually available from SG today?

[@piratephilately1087]

I agree, seems like the zoom in at precisely 5:28 doesn't show the match clearly ... at least I could not tell either :)

[@michaelmiller641]

Surely, if they used the same pigments as the stamps and it has been kept away from the light and UV, the colour should not have shifted, and is there any reason why the colour won't shift in a 100 year old stamp?

[@Catfinks]

I feel it should have been important to note that many countries required specialised colour guides and bog standard colour guides like the Stanley Gibbons one showed, or even the modernised Stanley Gibbons guide will not and cannot differentiate between all the shades accurately in accordance to the named shades in catalogues. This is highly prevalent in Scandinavia philately where countries such as Sweden, Denmark and Norway have specialised colour guides that show each shade for each issue as a 1:1 reproduction as printed by the respective nations philatelic bodies.

[@jackwiegmann]

I thought you'd never post again! Happy to see you back!

[@galaxies4415]

beautiful video thanks

[@stampmoments6318]

I really enjoyed this video. Seeing the use of the color guide was informative.

[@troberts589]

Love the channel guys!

[@StanleyGibbons1856]

Thank you so much!

[@MrGroovyGraham]

Aren't you pointing at the wrong stamp here when comparing the two shades?

[@patiencezero-xc9zl]

The British are ultimately practical! Here in the U.S., for identifying 19th Century Washintons, we have a hokey resource that uses color chips and a small paper blind with holes in it that you place over the stamp and the color chip simultaneously.

[@Hans-lv3ow]

Thanks for posting! Very informative!

[@stephenpoole5331]

The France Scott# 87 Prussian Blue also gives collectors fits when compared with the various shades of the Scott# 86. You are correct in describing Prussian Blue as a green -hued blue. Best to get a certification with stamps such as these. I'm sure many people have paid a lot of money for the not-so-valuable version of similar stamps. Caveat emptor!!

[@JesusJimenez-tt5gt]

Cierto

[@serga76.bodrov]

good afternoon very interesting video. postage stamps class. for the first time I saw the color chart for postage stamps. I didn't know about this before and hadn't heard of it. thank you for the informative video

[@TheCubicplanet]

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that in 2:10 and 2:43 the Prussian Blue is actually the one on the right, but it switches in 2:13 when you point the one on the left. It is also visible there that indeed the Prussian blue is on the left. 2:52, it goes to the left again. I also notice that from the distance, The Prussian Blue one seem a bit more blueish or less bright in the vertical middle region. On close-up I find it more noticeable in the region between E and R in 'SILVER'. The ultramarine seems a bit white-ish there. Also on his sternocleido muscle on the neck, and on the hair just under 'J' and 'U' in 'JUBILEE'.

[@robertoperezcatalan3043]

Buen trabajo amigo muy interesante 👏👏👍

[@alanwitty1665]

Enjoyed

[@brucestuart2892]

Good morning from New Zealand. I found this video very informative about stamps & there range of colours. There is one NZ stamp from the early 1900s the 1906 Christchurch Exhibition. The 1d Claret Colour, $40K UHM, $25K M & $50K Used. The prices are in NZD. I’d love to have one them.

[@patiencezero-xc9zl]

Many philatelist hate the fact that color shades actually became a characteristic of note with regard to collectability. It really does not make much sense especially since 19th century stamps can easily be changelings today and there is no way to know. Color errors are another matter. For example, who is silly enough to waste precious time on Earth worrying about the 370 shade variations of the Australian Kangaroo stamps? If you do, I would keep that tid-bit of info under the hat! ;-)

[@blackwingAero]

Me too love this channel.❤

[@StanleyGibbons1856]

Thanks for your comment, glad to hear you are loving our content :-)

[@blackwingAero]

My pleasure ❤💯

[@freddyfreddy3177]

Would SG reproduce its reputable colour guide 2077?

[@vkollekciyu]

Cool 👍

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@alirezaarchin5469]

Great

[@prakashsharma5061]

please can you, which one is m/expensive, the right one a the left one thankyou, Thankyou.

[@YellowfinGrouper]

These early colour guides are much more useful than the current colour guides which Gibbons produces. A colour guide which just has blocks of gloss colour is not nearly as useful as one which gives stamp like examples with the sort of narrow lines of colour which you get on old stamps. Why do Gibbons not produce an old style colour guide now?

[@eh44returns97]

Identifying shade variations on some stamps from the reigns of Edward VII and George V is very problematic - SG catalogues describe the shades in words eg rose red, pale rose red, rose carmine, scarlet etc but when you come across a single stamp - how on earth do you know what you have? With rarer shades increasing value significantly, it would be most useful if SG used their reference collections to provide collectors with booklets or leaflets that actually illustrate the different shades. How about it Stanley Gibbons?

[@russellsmejkal304]

Ware is the best place to get stamps appraised or a good way to search up the estimated value of a stamp ?

[@janetnpaul426]

I have them am in South Africa i have 2 books

[@rogerturner1881]

Is there a used prussian blue and if there is how much would that be.

[@isbellaaiaishar3220]

Get it

[@superfine6435]

I have one Prussian blue stamp 100% original where can sell it

[@jjmiphoto]

Nice video! Don't touch your stamps with your bare hands! Especially a 12K pounds stamp.

[@umasankarbanerjee3593]

Blue colour stam India colekson

[@russellsmejkal304]

One looks more purple to me

[@rezkidjilali5]

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[@blulagoon21]

Sorry but I could not see the difference in the two stamps. Maybe it's because it does not show so well in a video.

[@StanleyGibbons1856]

Hi Brian, yes it is very tough to see the difference. If you wish, you can view the Prussian Blue here: bit.ly/3wpA7hS

[@janetnpaul426]

I have 2 books of this people anyone who need them am in South Africa

[@e-vd]

On camera the 2 stamps look identical in color and don't really match any of the swatches. The "Prussian Blue" isn't even close. Still, I like this chap, great presenter and salesman.

[@cristianefimov3611]

it doesn't really fit the Prussian blue 😂😂 . at least not on camera 😂😂 it fits more the one on the left. deep blue

[@cb01ttr]

I thought the same actually.