Pain of Pain
Pain of Pain: PurpleRainbow Sheets
Pain of
Pain: Purple
Plum
hues over a white background. Large V (for Vetinari) in front of the
Ankh Morpork crest. Anhk Morpork Official Post, 'Let no one hinder this
mail nor open it without due authority on pain of pain'.
Dimensions: 35 mm x 67 mm
Released: December 2005
Withdrawn: Approximately March 2006
Rainbow Sheets
This sheet consists of 12
Pain of Pain stamps of 4 different colours. The sheets vary
in the printing of a varnish or phosphor layer onto the stamps
(something that does not show up on scanners, but can be seen with the
right angle of light).
Phosphor overprinting:
Top Row
Blue with shiny V over the V on the stamp
Red with shiny V over the V on the stamp
Purple with misaligned V - the bottom half of the V on at the top of the stamp and the top of the V is at the bottom.
Purple upside down stamp, shiny V over the V on the stamp
Middle Row
Grey/Black with no shine
Red - appears to be the same as the red stamp on the top line.
Purple with two shiny Vs meeting at the bottom of the V.
Purple - appears to be the standard pain of Pain stamp.
Bottom Row
Blue with upside down shiny V
Red with upside down shiny V
Purple with two shiny Vs meeting at the top of the V
Purple with upside down shiny V
Top Row
Blue with shiny V over the V on the stamp
Red with shiny V over the V on the stamp
Purple with misaligned V - the bottom half of the V on at the top of the stamp and the top of the V is at the bottom.
Purple upside down stamp, shiny V over the V on the stamp
Middle Row
Grey/Black with no shine
Red - appears to be the same as the red stamp on the top line.
Purple with two shiny Vs meeting at the bottom of the V.
Purple - appears to be the standard pain of Pain stamp.
Bottom Row
Blue with upside down shiny V
Red with upside down shiny V
Purple with two shiny Vs meeting at the top of the V
Purple with upside down shiny V
Only available as a trade in item as part of the Green Cabbage Stamp Journal.
Cost: 10 GCTS or 6 sheets for 50 GCTS.
Dimensions: 32 mm x 40 mm
Released: Febuary 2006
Withdrawn:
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