Palette Pairs

❦ Priority Page ❦

There aren’t many difference with these stamps from the ones of the previous pages. Some of these, though, were made with a flat plate and some with a rotary printing press. When a rotary press is used, the paper is stretched in the process as it’s pulled through – the flat plates press down on the paper and it’s pulled out after being printed. That’s why you see notations from Leuchtturm on the album page here about the dimensions of the stamps.

For instance, looking at the notations on the album pages, you can see that the horizontally printed ones at the top that were made with flat plates are 18½ to 19mm in length. The horizontally printed ones on the second half of the page were printed with a rotary press and are 19½ to 20mm long. It’s only 1mm more, but it’s a factor in cataloging these stamps – and has an effect on the value due to the quantity made with each type of press.

Note

I’ve started buying these coil pairs. They’re not too expensive. However, the ones that are line pairs do cost more. Most of the ones I have are line pairs: they have a line on them running the length of the perforation between them. For more information on line pairs, see my Line Pairs album page.

Contains 17 spots: own 12 – 11 unused, 1 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 20, 2025

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Definitive Line Pairs

1.1	✓	443	George Washington	1c (may 1914) definitive, green
1.2	✓	441	George Washington	1c (nov 1914) definitive, green
1.3		449	George Washington	2c (dec 1915) definitive, red
1.4	✓	444	George Washington Type I	2c (apr 1914) definitive, carmine
2.1		445	George Washington Type I	3c (dec 1914) definitive, violet
2.2		446	George Washington	4c (oct 1914) definitive, brown
2.3		447	George Washington	5c (jul 1914) definitive, blue
3.1	✓	486	George Washington	1c (jan 1918) definitive, green
3.2	✓	442	George Washington Type I	2c (jul 1914) definitive, carmine
3.3	✓	450	George Washington Type III	2c (feb 1916) definitive, carmine
3.4	✓	490	George Washington	1c (nov 1916) definitive, green
4.1		453	George Washington Type I	2c (jul 1914) definitive, pink carmine
4.2	✗	491	George Washington Type II	2c (nov 1916) definitive, carmine
4.3	✓	492	George Washington Type III	2c (nov 1916) definitive, carmine
5.1	✓	493	George Washington Type I	3c (jul 1917) definitive, violet & reddish violet
5.2	✓	495	George Washington	4c (apr 1917) definitive, brownish orange
5.3	✓	496	George Washington	5c (jan 1919) definitive, blue

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.