A completed page of 1893 Columbians

Maybe some bleach.

Nice looking page Sam.

geo,  this thread is NOT to discuss if or if not Columbus discovered America.  Its for completed pages in your collection that you would like to share, with Columbus being the topic.

If you like to start a thread about Columbus and if he did or did not discovered America, please start a new thread here,  stampbears.net/board/55/play-ground

Just to let you know, I wasnt here in 1492 to know if he did or didnt.

Please keep the thread on topic.  Thanks!!!!

Kris

I'm envious. I gave up after 5 cents.

That #235 looks faded at best, but I'm wondering if a soak in baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) would remove some of the red tint and even out the color. Usually purple dyes go red in acid and blue in alkaline solution (think litmus paper). Exposure to acids could have been generated in a variety of ways -- sunlight and humidity, air pollutants, contact with woody paper, and combinations thereof, etc.
I like to experiment with these odd balls, but not high value ones, unless they are mine, of course.