ladydoe
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Post by ladydoe on Aug 30, 2020 15:00:24 GMT
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coastwatcher
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What I collect: Currently focusing on US and possessions
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Post by coastwatcher on Aug 30, 2020 15:18:19 GMT
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ladydoe
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Post by ladydoe on Aug 30, 2020 15:31:55 GMT
thank you using that guide, they are not genuine
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Aug 30, 2020 16:27:45 GMT
There are certain issues which , due to limited genuine supply for collectors around the end of the 19th early 20th century , were copied extensively to meet demand to fill spaces in early printed albums .
The Suez , Peru maritime, early Samoa, Heligoland , Italian states and German states are notorious areas where it is usually safer to assume a forgery is many times more likely than a genuine find .
Some forgeries and reprints are very convincing and need expert examination to confirm. Sadly with your Suez the ship and smoke are all too obviously wrong when seen alongside the real issue.
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khj
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Post by khj on Aug 30, 2020 16:37:49 GMT
Most heavily forged used stamps have a fairly easy tell without having to go through the motions of checking out every forgery type (unless of course, you are interested in IDing forgery types) -- if it doesn't look like it's ever been on an envelope that went through the mail.
In other words, if you look at older genuine used postage stamps (especially the back), they have the "look" that they went through the mail and when the envelope went through some "handling". When I look at an old canceled stamp that is known to be heavily forged/reproduced and see from the back of the stamp that the stamp paper is almost perfectly smooth (disregard the paper hinging, staining)...
How many 150 year old used stamps have you seen that had such smooth/unwrinkled/unpitted/undinged paper? Those Suez Canal stamps obviously had never been used on an envelope that went through the mail system. At most, they were affixed to an album page.
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Aug 30, 2020 17:15:17 GMT
In addition to what our friend khj writes, I wonder whats under the white patches? May be a "forgery/faux" mark? In general, if it's too good to be be true, it is!
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