millersville
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Post by millersville on Mar 3, 2024 2:59:09 GMT
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 3, 2024 6:08:51 GMT
Nice ! The Spiro 8-Bar forged Postmark I do not see any Spiro forgeries of this country with Perf 12 ? Usually Perf 13. (Hint: Your stamp placed on perf gauge is out of whack ) Note of Interest: If you get one of these forgeries with large selvedge on top, it shows Turks Islands forged stamp printed above it. Not a bad forgery, although Her Majesty's face looks "long" There are more forgeries with these stamps, than you can poke a stick at. (Spiro, Fournier, Oneglia et al)
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Mar 3, 2024 16:37:50 GMT
Thanks for your post, Chris ( millersville). There is a thread in the Genuine or Fake? sub-board on St. Lucia, which I started. You will find it here: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/5689/saint-lucia-classic-stamps-forgeriesUnfortunately, the member who responded to my posts has since then left the Forum and deleted his images. I will work on replacing some of those, but I was pretty much able to tell the genuine from the forgeries thanks to the Stamp Forgeries website that you have already indicated. I also note that my scans from 2018 when I was living in France were not the best quality, so I should probably re-scan the material and update those posts. Anyway, it looks to me like you have correctly identified the stamp in your post as a forgery, irrespective of the perf gauge. As I am not a specialist in forgeries, I am content to separate the forged from the genuine and then I stop. It doesn't really matter to me which forger did the work or other fine details. But of course, I understand that others are interested on that level, so more power to them.
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