Dominican Republic Various Color Shifts

Just finished sorting and mounting my pile of Dominican Republic stamps (not to be confused with “Dominica” by the way…   Found lots of Dominica mixed into my various piles I have acquired over the years).

Pro Tip:  The easiest way to sort these out is noting the fact that they speak Spanish in the Dominican Republic (the island of Hispaniola along with Haiti on the other side).  Dominica – English.

A number of minor color shifts showed up in my small collection (322 stamps in total so far)

1944 - 80th Anniv. of the Intl. Red Cross
1944 – 80th Anniv. of the Intl. Red Cross

These early engraved stamps with multi color printings are many times a sure thing when looking for color shifts.  I noted a few with arrows.

1944 1c Color Shifts
1944 1c Color Shifts

 

2c Color Shifts
2c Color Shifts

 

The 1946 waterfall issue, again in multiple colors, gives us many interesting shifts along with heavy/light inking varieties

DominicanRepublic-1946-422 DominicanRepublic-1946-423 DominicanRepublic-1946-424

 

This 1950 Hotel Jimani issue has a nice showing of a little extra inking on one of the buildings on the right hand side of the stamp.

1950 Hotel Jimani
1950 Hotel Jimani

Note the extra ink
Note the extra ink

On of the only stamps issued in 1951 for the Dominican Republic for the 500th anniversary of the birthof Queen Isabella I of Span.

Note how she is shifted compared to the background color.

1951 Queen Isabella I
1951 Queen Isabella I

And finally, this bird stamp of 1964.  I only have one copy but it has quite a color offset in the background.

1964 Palm Chat
1964 Palm Chat

 

 

 

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