A tinted (black and white image which has had colored tint added) souvenir card. Image of the Christopher Columbus taken circa 1896 ...
Hand Tinted Mulreadys
Some people seemed to like the new design, and enhanced it with hand coloring. Examples such as this, with its clear, well-placed Maltese Cross cancel, sell for thousands of dollars.
Mulready Parodies, Lampoons & Caricatures ...
Papir, Getontes: (Dan.) tinted paper.
Papir, Glans: (Dan., Nor.) surface-glazed paper.
Papir, Granit: (Dan.) granite paper.
Papir, Håndgjort: (Dan.) handmade paper.
Papir, Hårdt: (Dan.) hard paper.
Tinted - Paper deliberately dyed a chosen colour throughout its depth.
Tombstone date-stamp - A date handstamp contained within a frame shaped to resemble the headstone of a grave.
Is the original gum clear, creamy, shiny, tinted or dull? Is it mottled or ridged? Are there supposed to be gum breakers (vertical or horizontal impressions used in some stamps to keep them from curling)?
Such paper, whether dried over a fabric screen or close wire screen, is known as "wove" paper and is the most commonly used for stamps today. Some of this wove paper is tinted during manufacture and is described as thin bluish paper, blue paper, ...
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