Abstract
British Victorian six pence lilac stamps (plates 5, 6, 8, and 9) have been analysed for mauveine: six pence stamps (no hyphen and plates 8 or 9) were dyed with mauveine, six-pence stamps with the hyphen (plate 5) were not dyed with mauveine, about half of the six-pence stamps with the hyphen (plate 6) were dyed with mauveine and one six-pence stamp with the hyphen (plate 6) was analysed as being dyed with Caro's mauveine. Plate numbers are from Vol. 1 Queen Victoria, Stanley Gibbons Great Britain specialised stamp catalogue, 9th edn. Stanley Gibbons Publications, London, 1989.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 648-651 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Research |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 27 Oct 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- William Henry Perkin
- mauveine
- mauve
- victorian stamps
- six pence