A Primer On Fakes and Forgeries

Presented to the VIPS 22 Jun 2017 by Ian Kimmerly

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Table of contents


  1   Title
  2   Crude Spiro Forgery
  3   Excellent reproduction but …
  4   "read the catalogue"
  5   To Determine if Genuine
  6   To Determine if Genuine
  7   Modern postal forgery
  8   Famous forgery
  9   What is it?
10   Forgeries Are ...
11   Fakes Are ...
12   Which is genuine?
13   Crude but nowadays...
14   G Removed
15   Fournier
16   Fournier detail
17   Brigus misspelled?
18   Genuine overprint?
19   What part is a forgery?
20   Examining The Elements
21   Examining The Elements
22   Very pretty
23   Coil pair?
24   Coil pair?
25   A few hours of sun
26   Proving a fake
27   The value of a template
28   Blue paper?
29   Reprints
30   Atmospheric changes
31   A double printing, or …
32   A local overprint
33   Reference collection
34   Reprint or forgery
35   Bogus stamps
36   Thank you


other resources

Stamp Forgeries Philatelic Terminology

Newfoundand - Fakes and Forgeries

List of US Forgeries

10 WWII Stamp Forgeries Used as Psychological Warfare

Forgeries of the Early Issues of Japanese Stamps


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