Scanning Experiment 1: Facit 17

I needed to experiment with the scanner, and decided to start at the start, with the 3 öre perf 14, Facit nr. 17.

Way overexposed. Even after removing 30% light.

Mostly, I wanted to test out how well I'd be able to distinguish color shades in the electronic medium, and how to work with the "exposure."

The issue with my otherwise excellent scanner is that it tends to overexpose stamps when there are just a few of them on the black background of a Hagner sheet.

The first two did NOT go well. Clearly overexposed. A dark brown, grainy print from one of the early printings shows up pale orange-brown, and not very different from a much paler brown of a later printing.

The paper shows as bright white, and it is not-- more of a grayish-cream shade; not quite "yellowish."

These were even color corrected-- removed 30% light from the original scan, and they still look much too light.

The good news is that the "popout" feature works. If you click on the stamp image, a larger version opens in a new tab. This will be very useful for illustrating varieties.

Back to the drawing board.

Scanned as two stamps alone on black Hagner sheet.
600dpi
Light reduced 30%