Ceylon SG 4 ForgeryFrom a recent member request
Hello Manish , I would not spend too much of the $50,000 which is what an SG 4 in this condition would easily fetch.
First, your stamp slightly enhanced, to the right a genuine SG 4 that sold for $25,000
There is an obvious lack of detail in your stamp especially when you look at the background behind the Queen and the edge decorations.
Many lines & dots are missing in the country and value tablet
The color is too bright and not dull as it should be
Also it is in
too good a shape for a 150 year old stamp without the edge blur inking of period stamps
Or my
preferred choice
A
Peter Winter ForgeryNote the weak spot in the upper left frame which is the same as yours
Oneglia & Jeffries also made good forgeries
One Oneglia sold at a prestigious action as a genuine
My 2c worth without actually seeing the stamp for watermark & paper
Peter Winter made most of his forgeries in the 1980's
His work may well be the best overall of any forger
Like these gems