Peru: 1857 Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Issues
Feb 14, 2019 21:11:19 GMT
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Feb 14, 2019 21:11:19 GMT
Peru: 1857 Pacific Steam Navigation Co. (PSNCo) Issues - Genuine or Fake?
It seems that the 19th Century album pages I bought from the dealer in Aix have continued to yield all sorts of interesting items, with some forgeries among them, notably from St. Lucia and St. Vincent so far. Today comes the next set of questionable items in the sequence: the PSNCo issues from Peru.
The Scott Catalogue lists two genuine stamps of this type (2013 excerpt below), but with an interesting note afterward that stamps of the same design and denominations were also prepared for the PSNCo, but never put into use. Please see below scans of stamps that I have found in the old album pages. My question, of course, is if anyone can give me any idea if these stamps are genuine or forgeries? Personally, I am betting on Nelson (@falshung ) for the answer to this one, but of course, all are welcome to weigh in....
Note: All of these stamps were scanned in a single 600dpi image, and the separate images shown here were simply cropped from the original, larger image. I have observed that some of the individual stamps appear to be much more distinct than others, but that is how they actually look rather than an artifact of the scanning process or equipment.
It seems that the 19th Century album pages I bought from the dealer in Aix have continued to yield all sorts of interesting items, with some forgeries among them, notably from St. Lucia and St. Vincent so far. Today comes the next set of questionable items in the sequence: the PSNCo issues from Peru.
The Scott Catalogue lists two genuine stamps of this type (2013 excerpt below), but with an interesting note afterward that stamps of the same design and denominations were also prepared for the PSNCo, but never put into use. Please see below scans of stamps that I have found in the old album pages. My question, of course, is if anyone can give me any idea if these stamps are genuine or forgeries? Personally, I am betting on Nelson (@falshung ) for the answer to this one, but of course, all are welcome to weigh in....
Note: All of these stamps were scanned in a single 600dpi image, and the separate images shown here were simply cropped from the original, larger image. I have observed that some of the individual stamps appear to be much more distinct than others, but that is how they actually look rather than an artifact of the scanning process or equipment.
