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purple brown

Stamps with this color only:
  • Colnect-3452-533-Seated-Britannia.jpg
  • Colnect-1715-301-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-4461-240-Coats-of-Arms-in-Circle.jpg
  • Colnect-3591-023-Surcharged.jpg
  • Colnect-5692-667-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-4461-249-Coat-of-Arms-and-short-winged-Condor.jpg
  • Colnect-1873-895-Eastern-Grey-Kangaroo-Macropus-giganteus.jpg
  • Colnect-893-148-Coat-of-arms.jpg
  • Colnect-893-156-Coat-of-arms.jpg
  • Colnect-183-047-Lying-lion.jpg
  • Colnect-1302-667-Numeral-in-circle.jpg
  • Colnect-5434-121-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-1312-156-St-Antonio---Sermon.jpg
  • Colnect-165-852-The-Fish-Sermon-of-St-Anthony-of-Padua.jpg
  • Stamp_China_1897_0.5c_litho.jpg
  • Colnect-2831-501-Alfonso-XIII-1886-1941-king-of-Spain.jpg
  • Colnect-4894-989-Allegory-of-Central-American-Union.jpg
  • Colnect-1269-388-Dependencys-Badge.jpg
  • Colnect-4307-097-Justitia.jpg
  • Colnect-894-726-Type-Duval.jpg
  • Colnect-4428-860-2nd-Anniv-of-Bucuresti-new-post-office.jpg
  • Colnect-5880-364-Kings.jpg
  • Colnect-4521-513-Alfonso-XIII.jpg
  • Colnect-5413-901-Alfonso-XIII-con-leyenda-1905.jpg
  • Colnect-183-078-Independence.jpg
  • Colnect-183-089-EXPO--Brussel.jpg
  • Colnect-183-090-EXPO--Brussel.jpg
  • Colnect-3028-946-Prince-Nicolas-and-Princess-Milena.jpg
  • Colnect-187-894-Overprint---1911--.jpg
  • Colnect-187-895-Overprint---1911--.jpg
  • Colnect-682-964-Caritas-Type-Montald---Charleroi-1911.jpg
  • Colnect-682-968-Caritas-Type-Lemaire---Charleroi-1911.jpg
  • Colnect-2978-840-Hermes-head.jpg
  • Colnect-5487-596-War-Cripples.jpg
  • Colnect-569-232-S-aacute-ndor-Pet%C5%91fi-reading-a-poem.jpg
  • Colnect-881-759--quot-Syrie-Grand-Liban-quot---amp--value-on-french-stamp.jpg
  • Colnect-881-763--quot-Syrie-Grand-Liban-quot---amp--value-on-french-stamp.jpg
  • Colnect-807-690-Tripoli.jpg
  • Colnect-807-694-Tripoli.jpg
  • Colnect-807-668-Tripoli.jpg
  • Colnect-807-698-Tripoli.jpg
  • Colnect-1469-505-Airmail-1926-with-overprint-Republique-Libanaise.jpg
  • Colnect-2153-961-Lanscape-with-bilingual-overprint--amp--Avion.jpg
  • Colnect-4263-003-Tarei-Council-II.jpg
  • Colnect-2153-923-Airmail-1927-with-arabic-overprint.jpg
  • Colnect-2450-747-King-George-V---Postal-Union-Congress.jpg
  • Colnect-183-330-Castles.jpg
  • Colnect-2507-003-King-Faisal-I-1883-1933.jpg
  • Colnect-893-258-Country-and-People--Roman-amphitheatre.jpg
  • Colnect-736-753-Kemal-Atat%C3%BCrk.jpg
  • Colnect-2507-017-King-Faisal-I-1883-1933.jpg
  • Colnect-502-586-Giuseppe-Garibaldi.jpg
  • Colnect-919-991-Gilbert-on-the-Squirrel.jpg
  • Colnect-6337-484-Leon-Cathedral.jpg
  • Colnect-1995-538-King-Ghazi-I-1912-1939.jpg
  • Colnect-459-551-Allegorie.jpg
  • Colnect-3224-020-Tourist-attractions-Yugoslavia---Dubrovnik.jpg
  • Colnect-1929-767-Corsac-fox-Vulpes-corsac.jpg
  • Colnect-3770-819-Runner-breasting-the-tape.jpg
  • Colnect-1583-653-Georg-S-Mamartschef.jpg
  • Colnect-3770-827-Runner-breasting-the-tape---overprinted--HABILITADO-.jpg
  • Colnect-1583-664-Stadium--quot-Junak-quot--Sofia.jpg
  • Colnect-3882-987-Association-of-the-Press.jpg
  • Colnect-183-503-Prince-Boudewijn.jpg
  • Colnect-121-401-Coronation-of-King-George-VI-and-Queen-Elizabeth.jpg
  • STS-GB-Offices-4-300dpi.jpg-crop-501x310at29-646.jpg
  • Colnect-807-778-Dog-River-Landscape.jpg
  • Colnect-894-323-Stamp-1931-33-overloaded.jpg
  • Colnect-894-332-Stamp-1931-33-overloaded.jpg
  • Colnect-894-336-Stamp-1931-33-overloaded.jpg
  • Colnect-143-184-To-the-glory-of-the-French-infantry.jpg
  • Colnect-577-614-Team-of-dogs.jpg
  • Colnect-755-784-National-Congress.jpg
  • Colnect-2373-106-Stamps-of-Morocco-overprint--Cabo-Juby-.jpg
  • Colnect-143-238-For-the-unemployed-intellectualsClaude-Debussy.jpg
  • Colnect-183-592-Restauration-Rubenshuis--Antwerpen.jpg
  • Colnect-717-509-Locomotive.jpg
  • Colnect-3810-883-Marshal-Deodoro-and-President-Vargas.jpg
  • Colnect-183-615-Towers.jpg
  • Colnect-4402-640-Street-in-Bogot%C3%A1.jpg
  • Colnect-167-977-Farmer--s-Daughter-from-Coimbra.jpg
  • Colnect-1603-903-Overprint.jpg
  • Colnect-2095-009-France--Libre--Fnfl.jpg
  • Colnect-892-422-Types-of-1941-without-RF.jpg
  • Colnect-168-107-Propaganda-per-la-stampa.jpg
  • Colnect-2128-479-Floodlight.jpg
  • Colnect-894-397-Olivier-and-Mosque.jpg
  • Colnect-4164-558-Monument-for-General-Antonio-Jos%C3%A9-de-Sucre.jpg
  • Colnect-764-614-Southern-Dancer---Native-with-Spear.jpg
  • Colnect-764-586-Colonel-Joffre-1852-1931.jpg
(plus 113 more images)

In combination with other colors:
  • Colnect-4181-976-Asian-Elephant-Elephas-maximus.jpg
  • Colnect-1312-164-St-Antonio---Painting-of-Morillo.jpg
  • Colnect-165-858-Ascension-of-St-Anthony-of-Padua.jpg
  • Colnect-1871-078-King-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-3687-758-King-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-812-272-Palmiers.jpg
  • Colnect-812-275-Palmiers.jpg
  • Colnect-2805-803-General-Fernando-Figueroa-1849-1919-OFICIAL.jpg
  • Colnect-2805-785-General-Fernando-Figueroa-1849-1919-FRANQUEO-DEFICIENTE.jpg
  • Colnect-605-244-Ceres.jpg
  • Colnect-542-114-Hungarian-Stamps-from-1917-overprinted.jpg
  • Colnect-4461-804-Official-stamp.jpg
  • Colnect-2427-461-Postman-with-Dromedary-Camelus-dromedarius.jpg
  • Colnect-484-115-King-Prajadhipok.jpg
  • Colnect-1017-002-Rez%C4%81-Sh%C4%81h-Pahlavi-eagle-in-front-of-Alborz-mountains.jpg
  • Colnect-604-941-Ceres.jpg
  • Colnect-2206-441-Bush-Scene.jpg
  • Colnect-1870-600-Postman-with-Dromedary-Camelus-dromedarius.jpg
  • Colnect-1242-448-Statue-of-GenGordon.jpg
  • Colnect-2084-610-Statue-of-GenGordon.jpg
  • Colnect-873-985-Cliff-and-Lighthouse.jpg
  • Colnect-577-612-Map-of-the-islands.jpg
  • Colnect-846-322-Airmail.jpg
  • Colnect-2793-821-Hurdling.jpg
  • Colnect-2213-479-Railway-bridge-over-the-K%C4%81run.jpg
  • Colnect-2084-672-Surcharged-in-Black.jpg
  • Colnect-2084-674-Surcharged-in-Black.jpg
  • Colnect-4581-801-Rez%C4%81-Sh%C4%81h-Pahlavi-Eagle-in-front-of-Alborz-Mountains.jpg
  • Colnect-1709-216-Mahogany-Logs-in-River.jpg
  • Bermuda_2ships_1940_issue-1%25C2%25BDd.jpg
  • Colnect-192-723-Portrait-of-crew-of-ANT-25-and-route-of-flight.jpg
  • Colnect-820-805-Cayenne-Government-House.jpg
  • Colnect-812-169-Cayenne-Government-House.jpg
  • Abel_Tasman.gif
  • Colnect-4213-351-Tasman---Ship.jpg
  • Colnect-3037-043-Discovering-America-by-Christopher-Columbus.jpg
  • Colnect-892-419-Types-of-1941-without-RF.jpg
  • Colnect-2624-581-Plane-over-Terrace-of-Kalemegdan-Belgrade.jpg
  • Colnect-853-433-Hut-chef-Couli.jpg
  • Colnect-853-431-Towers-of-Notre-Dame.jpg
  • Colnect-807-594-Agades-cross.jpg
  • Colnect-1422-630-Careenage.jpg
  • Colnect-4473-871-1-Anniversary-of-founding-the-Red-Cross.jpg
  • Colnect-143-848-Rowing.jpg
  • Colnect-133-841-Luxembourg-Folklore.jpg
  • Colnect-2222-318-Greater-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-apoda-apoda.jpg
  • Colnect-1772-248-Southern-Elephant-seal-Mirounga-leonina-Gough-Island.jpg
  • Colnect-596-875-Rhinoceros-Beetle-Oryctes-nasicornis.jpg
  • Colnect-2608-633-Ancient-ceremonial-boat.jpg
  • Colnect-5062-478-Combine-harvester.jpg
  • Colnect-5062-479-Liberation-Monument-in-Budapest.jpg
  • Colnect-5082-954-Careenage.jpg
  • Colnect-4960-323-Juan-Ramon-Molina-bridge.jpg
  • Colnect-3996-644-Hunters-on-Elephants.jpg
  • Colnect-1637-890-Mahogany-flower.jpg
  • Colnect-209-090-Sancti-Spiritus-church---Communications-Ministry-Retirement.jpg
  • Colnect-3930-914-Hungarian-pavillion.jpg
  • Colnect-3930-917-Chain-bridge-Budapest.jpg
  • Colnect-815-150-Kirin-chemical-fertilizer-plant.jpg
  • Colnect-815-149-Spinning-machine.jpg
  • Colnect-815-143-Blast-Furnaces.jpg
  • Colnect-815-147-Combine-harvester.jpg
  • Colnect-815-144-Large-coal-mine.jpg
  • Colnect-4447-544-Planer-Wuhan-heavy-machinery-plant.jpg
  • Colnect-815-146-Wuhan-Yangtze-River-Bridge.jpg
  • Colnect-815-148-Hsinankiang-hydroelectric-station.jpg
  • Colnect-2215-184-Black-browed-Albatross-Thalassarche-melanophrys.jpg
  • Colnect-2222-464-Greater-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-apoda-apoda---UNTEA.jpg
  • Colnect-3896-880-Town-of-St-George.jpg
  • Colnect-4194-280-Diesel-train.jpg
  • Colnect-1541-801-Careenage.jpg
  • Colnect-6226-334-Arab-League-Conference.jpg
  • Colnect-5043-463-Ion-Creanga.jpg
  • Colnect-144-451-Olympic-Games--Tokio.jpg
  • Colnect-488-516-Nyala-Tragelaphus-angasi-.jpg
  • Colnect-5640-304-Palace-of-The-Nation-L%C3%A9opoldville-Kinshasa.jpg
  • Colnect-2247-186-Broken-chain-and-date-%E2%80%9C1-11-1963%E2%80%9D.jpg
  • Colnect-1974-560-Black-Wildebeest-Connochaetes-gnou.jpg
  • Colnect-6173-409-UN-Building-New-York.jpg
  • Colnect-4582-690-Saudi-Airlines---Boeing-720-B.jpg
  • Colnect-4518-410-20th-Anniversary-of-UNESCO.jpg
  • Colnect-1785-830-Sisal-industry.jpg
  • Colnect-1873-651-Volcan-and-14-Stars.jpg
  • Colnect-1873-652-Volcan-and-14-Stars.jpg
  • Colnect-1732-406-Girl-with-pan-flute-ancient-Persian-representation-globe.jpg
  • Colnect-3691-415-Humboldt-and-Los-Andes.jpg
  • Colnect-2761-721-Sisal-industry.jpg
  • Colnect-3909-228-Town-of-St-George---surcharged.jpg
  • Colnect-3107-855-UPU-Headquarter-in-Bern-and-Emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-3107-849-UPU-Headquarter-in-Bern-and-Emblem.jpg
(plus 26 more images)
Description: purple brown
Abbrev: purbrn

Red: 0.40 (102)
Green: 0.10 (25)
Blue: 0.20 (51)



Used by 257 stamps: (See all uses as list)
Afghanistan parcel post 12/1/1928 3a issue=1928 parcel unwmk
Afghanistan semipostal 6/23/1959 35+15p issue=Child Welfare 1959 d=Imperforated unwmk
Afghanistan semipostal 6/23/1959 35+15p issue=Child Welfare 1959 unwmk
Albania postage 8/18/1960 1l issue=jet service 2nd d=plane Tirana clock tower Kremlin unwmk perf=10.75
Argentina postage 1920 2c issue=1920b wmk=large sun fiscal
Argentina postage 1922 2c issue=1922a wmk=RA in sun
Argentina postage 1922 2c issue=1922a d=Perf: 13½ wmk=RA in sun
Argentina postage 1922 24c issue=1922a wmk=RA in sun
Argentina airmail 9/14/1957 1p issue=International Tourism Congress 1957 unwmk
Argentina official 1967 45p issue=1960 official unwmk perf=13.5
Argentina official 1965 45p issue=1964 official unwmk
New South Wales official 1888 1sh issue=1888 official d=Queen Victoria on=issue=1888-1sh
Western Australia postage 1861 6p issue=1861 d=black swan (1854 rectangle) wmk=swan
Austria semipostal 2/18/1948 75+35g issue=Reconstruction Fund 1948 unwmk
Azores postage 6/13/1895 15r issue=St Anthony 700th d=The Fish Sermon of St Anthony of Padua ovpt=ACORES oc=blk on=issuer=Portugal-6/13/1895-15r unwmk
Belgium postage 12/31/1888 2c issue=1884 unwmk perf=14
Belgium postage 4/15/1905 35c issue=1905 d=King Leopold II (1905 35c) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 6/1/1910 2c issue=1910 semi d=St Martin dividing cloak (light) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 6/1/1910 2c issue=1910 semi d=St Martin dividing cloak (dark) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 4/1/1911 2c issue=1911 semi d=St Martin dividing cloak (light) ovpt=1911 oc=blk on=1910-2c-St Martin dividing cloak (light) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 4/1/1911 2c issue=1911 semi d=St Martin dividing cloak (dark) ovpt=1911 oc=blk on=1910-2c-St Martin dividing cloak (dark) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 6/1911 2c issue=Charleroi 1911 d=St Martin dividing cloak (light) ovpt=CHARLEROI-1911 oc=blk on=1910-2c-St Martin dividing cloak (light) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 6/1911 2c issue=Charleroi 1911 d=St Martin dividing cloak (dark) ovpt=CHARLEROI-1911 oc=blk on=1910-2c-St Martin dividing cloak (dark) unwmk perf=14
Belgium semipostal 12/1/1930 40c+10c issue=anti-tuberculosis 1930 unwmk
Belgium semipostal 12/1/1936 50+5c issue=anti-tuberculosis 1936 d=Prince Baudouin unwmk
Belgium semipostal 7/1/1939 40c+5c issue=Rubens fund unwmk perf=11.5
Belgium semipostal 12/1/1939 2.50fr+2.50fr issue=anti-tuberculosis 1939 unwmk perf=14x13.75
Belgium semipostal 1947 20+20fr issue=victims 1947 unwmk
Bolivia airmail 1/30/1960 400b issue=Mateos visit
Brazil postage 11/15/1939 1200r issue=republic 50th d=Fonseca & Vargas wmk=CORREIO BRASIL mult
Brazil postage 9/24/1953 1.40cr issue=Somoza visit d=Anastasio Somoza wmk=CORREIO*BRASIL*(7mm) perf=11.75
Brazil postage 1965 100cr issue=1965
Brazil postage 1965 200cr issue=1965
Brazil postage 12/2/1975 0.70cr issue=150th Anniversary of the Birth of Emperor Pedro II unwmk perf=11.75
Brazil postage 9/15/1979 27.00cr issue=Occupations d=Water bearer unwmk
Brazil postage 3/31/1982 500.00cr issue=1982 dt=agricultural products (1982) d=Gossypium sp. unwmk perf=11.5x11
Bulgaria postage 5/5/1935 2l issue=1835 uprising 100th d=Mamarchev wmk=wavy lines (Lithuania)
Bulgaria postage 7/10/1935 14l issue=8th Yunak tournament d=Stadium Junak Sofia wmk=wavy lines (Lithuania) perf=11.5
Bulgaria postage 8/21/1950 9l dt=sports (1950 Bulgaria) d=cycling unwmk
Bulgaria postage 5/6/1952 16s d=Vassil Kolarov Dam unwmk perf=13
Bulgaria postage 7/23/1952 44s issue=Vapzarov death 10th d=Vaptsarov before Firing Squad Text unwmk
Bulgaria semipostal 11/5/1947 40+20l issue=Post Office Clerks unwmk
Newfoundland postage 8/3/1933 15c issue=Gilbert annexation 350th d=Gilbert on the Squirrel wmk=arms (Newfoundland) perf=13.5
Cape Juby postage 1939 15c issue=1939 ovpt=CABO JUBY oc=blk on=issuer=Spanish Morocco-15c-purbrn
Ceylon postage 1861 9p d=Queen Victoria (1857) wmk=large star perf=14-15.5
Ceylon postage 1882 24c issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Ceylon postage 1885 5c issue=1885b d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) ovpt=Postage&//FIVE//CENTS//Revenue oc=blk on=issue=1882-24c-purbrn wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Ceylon postage 1885 10c issue=1885b d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) ovpt=TEN//CENTS oc=blk on=issue=1882-24c wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Ceylon postage 1885 10c issue=1885c d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) ovpt=value&bar oc=blk on=1882-24c wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Chile postage 7/12/2010 10p issue=Valparaiso - World Heritage unwmk perf=13.5
(plus 207 more) See all uses as list
Used in 62 combinations:
black & purple brown, blue & purple brown, blue green & purple brown, brown & purple brown, brown black & purple brown, brown orange & purple brown, carmine brown & purple brown, dark blue & purple brown, dark blue green & purple brown, dark pink & purple brown, gray & purple brown, gray green & purple brown, green & purple brown, ocher & purple brown, olive & purple brown, olive black & purple brown, olive brown & purple brown, olive green & purple brown, orange brown & purple brown, orange red & purple brown, pale brown & purple brown, purple & purple brown, purple brown & black, purple brown & black brown, purple brown & blue, purple brown & blue gray, purple brown & blue green, purple brown & blue violet, purple brown & dark blue, purple brown & dark blue green, purple brown & dark green, purple brown & dark violet, purple brown & dark yellow green, purple brown & gray, purple brown & gray blue, purple brown & green, purple brown & green blue, purple brown & light blue, purple brown & multicolored, purple brown & olive, purple brown & olive gray, purple brown & olive yellow, purple brown & orange, purple brown & orange red, purple brown & orange yellow, purple brown & purple, purple brown & red, purple brown & red orange, purple brown & ultramarine, purple brown & violet, purple brown & violet black, purple brown & violet brown, purple brown & yellow, purple brown & yellow brown, purple brown & yellow green, red & purple brown, red brown & purple brown, sepia & purple brown, ultramarine & purple brown, yellow & purple brown, yellow green & purple brown, yellow orange & purple brown