Finding a stamp that was red without another shade or colour proved more difficult than I thought.
These two are the best I could come up with.
This was one of a set of stamps showing stamps by Jose de Ribera and depicts St John the Bapist.
My GB stamp this week was one of a set commemorating the London 2010 Festival of Stamps and the Centenary of the Accession of King George V.
For other shades of red just visit the links at Violet's Sunday-Stamps-ii-61.
These two are the best I could come up with.
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| Spain - 24 March 1963 |
My GB stamp this week was one of a set commemorating the London 2010 Festival of Stamps and the Centenary of the Accession of King George V.
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| Great Britain - 6 May 2010 |
Oh and the Gibbons' catalogue calls the colour 'rosine'.
For other shades of red just visit the links at Violet's Sunday-Stamps-ii-61.
