The society maintains two reference collections of philatelic material one for fakes and forgeries and one for genuine stamps and postal history. There are 112 genuine plus the corresponding forged stamps from different countries all over the world. The postage stamps of iran both a utensil to indicate a paid postage fee on mail matters and a medium of official selfrepresentation, stamps have been used in iran since the 19th century. In spain forgeries have a unique place and auctions regularly sell them. Counterfeits are produced to defraud stamp issuing governments. Well i was going thru the albums and now i know why persia iran stamps in all the albums are not their or no pages at all. This cumulative index of the bulletins is topic driven, as this is the form in which most members would wish to use it. He has begun posting information regarding the forgeries and how to tell them from the genuine stamps. Emmenegger, article in postal history international, april 1977.
Forgeries of the portuguese colonies crown type issue. Well illustrated history of postage stamp forgery with accounts of the forgers as well as descriptions of their work. In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like postage stamps but are not. The following is an excerpt from postage stamps, puffin picture book 69 1951 by l. Watch for new additions here and in the monthly members newsletter, aps stamp sense. All forgeries differ from the genuine stamps in some way. Entire forgeries are the most common way of creating counterfeits. Persia iran early 1900s forgeries vs forgeries vs real stamp. New salesspecials must be in a new topic and comply with the 7 day. The following philatelic exhibit consists of scans of album pages produced for a club meeting display. Since the second edition of this work appeared, large numbers of excellent, engraved forgeries have been put on the market. Showing genuine characteristics like the example in the left pane is especially time consuming.
Just received the farahbakhsh stamps of iran 2015 edition from vera trinder in the uk. Get the best deals on italy stamps when you shop the largest online selection at. Always remember, with iran stamps, if its mint from the 1880s, really take look at your stamp. But it is not just poor economic conditions in iran that have made the stamps of iran unpopular. This site primarily features counterfeit confederate stamps and other faked and forged items. Though often embroiled in controversy as a result of its more recent politics, iran in fact has a rich, cosmopolitan history that has been both celebrated and mirrored in stamp form. You can click on a country name to see a thumbnail catalog of that countries issues and then select a stamp by clicking on that postage stamp. On the october a senior employee by the name of shafi khan was appointed by the prime minister as the first postmaster.
The term forgery in philately purely refers to the stamps or overprints made from. One of the most challenging aspect of philately in general is to distinguish and identify the forgeries. As picking out stamp counterfeits, and the systematic collecting and studying of them, has become a branch of philately, this book is useful both to those who like and those who fight stamp forgeries. New handbook on the stamps of armenia 191923 and their forgeries.
Caution stamps listed with this symbol are common for forgeries, reprints or misidentifications. Please note that since 1998 a number of new forgery books have been published. Gibbons often states colour is brighter or different but how on. Knowing a stamp could be a reprint forgery can be quite hard. This engaging childrens history book makes a great present for young collectors. Names of members, authors, minutes and other information not related directly to iranian philately or postal history has been omitted. Books, price lists and information for the stamps and postal history of iran. Help us protect our buyers if you see an item listed on which you believe is questionable, alert us by using the. Philatelic fakes and forgeries find your stamps value. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned. Jun 20, 2017 but it is not just poor economic conditions in iran that have made the stamps of iran unpopular.
A new replicas repros forgeries category was created in march 2004 on ebay. Stamp forgeries of the world to 1926 serrane, fernand on. If you are interested in forgeries of other countries, please see the forgeries table of contents. Methods of producing stamp forgeries entire stamp forgeries. Iranian stamps and postal history are among the most beautiful and definitely interesting philatelic fields in the world. Sadri and his book, iran classic philatelic referenceof which i have gleaned much knowledge. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Help needed with persia and iran stamps and the forgeries please i have a whole series of persia overprints. Persiphila is dedicated to the philately of iran persia and middle east. Iranian philately is unique in the number of forgeries and reprints that it has. Yes they are fun to collect and show off at stamp club, but start with the foundation stamp first. This article gives an overview of collecting the stamps of iran. Expertizing and certification of iranian philatelic items. Many of the books and articles listed above also contain details about forgeries etc.
Publisher of iranian philatelic books, catalogues and specialty album pages. From about 18801930, over fifty years, the iranian post office had a series of scurrilous relationships with various stamp dealers and philatelic agents. Just because a genuine stamp is inexpensive, does not mean that forgeries would not have been made. Postage stamp forgeries and counterfeit identification.
This fact is not specifically mentioned in the listings, except for fournier, who commonly used both his own forged stamps and genuine ones as the basic stamp. Commemorative iranian stamps issued from 21 march 1978 to 20 march 2019. The forgeries then can be forgeryreprints, or outright forgeries, where some small alteration in stamp design might be observed. Only second to the lion issues, the meched issue is among the most forged stamps. Many stamps, like the colombian exposition issue in fig. I typically go with valid stamp, then study the surcharge. I have a scan of genuineforgeries on the iran post on my blog site. Nov 15, 2012 overview this post is a special edition for big blue that will cover batums aloe tree issues. Iran offers fascinating collecting opportunities michael rogers inc. Explore these monthly examples of fakes, forgeries and the genuine article to test your knowledge and to learn more about detecting the real article. Many stamps have been forged, not only the rarities but common issues as well. The first postage stamp was issued in great britain in 1840, and by the early 1860s or earlier the first postage stamp forgery in the sense of a stamp created to fool philatelists into thinking that it is a genuine one appeared on the market. Examine them and see if you can tell the differences.
Stamp forgeries, philatelic fakes and other counterfeits. In some cases forgeries are more common than the genuine stamps in other cases they are extremely scarce. He even operated a philatelic clinic where stamps could be repaired. In order to study the iranian philately, we must first divide it into three categories of original issues, reprints, and forgeries. Various types of these forgeries exist which with knowledge of the original stamps one can distinguish them. And please, please, if there is no post mark, on iranpersia stamps, full gumearly 1880sget it checked out before you buy it. Stamp collecting software inventory programs and databases, online stamp catalogs etc straight talk about stamp values both catalog and real world back of book stamps and other unusual stamp like items. The forged overprints and surcharges have usually been applied to genuine stamps. In particular, i have a collection of persia iran stamps i inherited and would like to know which ones are not legit. Note i have a scott 186 5k gray brown stamp on a space, so clearly these stamps are still to be found in albums. Ionian islands indochina iran italy japan labuan lagos latvia lebanon. Kock, is the past secretary of helsingfors frimarkssamlare forening, who owns finlands largest stamp forgery collection. The 50 c, 1 f and 10 f also exist bisected together with a bogus surcharge hardly visible in the above stamp. Check a reference guide, search the web, find a similar example of the stamp and compare.
In my experience, if the stamp is unused, or has a nice cto cancellation, then likely to be a forgeryreprint. The cape of good hope 1 shilling triangle stamp, at the top of this page, is a lithographed stamp forgery. Jan 08, 20 thanks so much for this very helpful information, just the kind of thing classic worldwide collectors like me need on the internet. Five pioneering books from the 1860s in one volume. This is index page for articles about articles index on postage stamp forgeries and counterfeit identification. Travel to canadas easternmost province and the waters that surround it for a delightful journey. Aden stamps alexandretta stamps azerbaijan stamps bahrain stamps egypt stamps georgia stamps iran stamps iran forgeries reprints iraq stamps israel stamps jordan stamps kuwait stamps lebanon stamps oman stamps palestine stamps qatar stamps saudi arabia stamps turkey stamps turkey in asia stamps africa stamps.
The forged stamps of bushire stampforgeries of the world. On this page you will see genuine stamps and forgeries side by side. Many items that have been judged not genuine subsequently have been donated to the aps reference collection of fakes and forgeries. Forgeries general philatelic works philatelic books hh sales. All items are guaranteed to be as described and may be viewed on approval. He started his career when he bought over the forgeries of another forger, mercier in 1904. Fournier was a stamp forger in the early 20th century. It was created to deceive collectors making them believe that this is a genuine and valuable item. Again, all the credit and knowledge comes from the iran classic philatelic reference by m.
Beautiful newfoundland stamps provide the illustrations, including the worlds first dog stamp and the first portrayal of queen elizabeth the second. Iran stamps 41 years complete set 1978 2019 only 199 euro. Iran scanned album pages from the worldwide stamp collection of antonius ra. He then withdrew from the forgery business and promised never again to falsify a stamp.
Iran post unveiled a commemorative postage stamp to honor coronavirus medical workers april 6, 2020 a stamp commemorating tehran day was released december 22, 2019 release of the stamp 70th year of establishment of ferdowsi university of mashhad december 22, 2019. When starting to work on a particular country and iran persia is a perfect example, frequently the biggest problem is to avoid being misled by forgeries or reprints that would be obvious to the specialist. Established and managed by the late james beal in the. Forgeries of common stamps and information on who made them. Its over 400 pages, bilingual in english and farsi, and for the classical era has all sorts of information on varieties as well as how to detect forgeries of iranian stamps from the qajar era.
This site shows philatelic stamp fakes and forgeries by country and year of issue. Iran stamps forgeries and reprints scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned. Unfortunately, my karelia bear stamp is a forgery, and there arent any single bears currently listed on ebay. Iran new year stamp 1965, article in minkus stamp journal vol ii no 1, 1967. Visit us for over 500 philatelic articles and thousands of comments from stamp collectors around the globe. Alternately, you can first click on a year of issue and then select the stamp from there.
Big blue iran persia focus on forgeries iran stamp scott 59 used hr crj 172. In the above two stamps the inscription falsch forgery, in german is added in the bottom part of the stamp. Forged or genuine is a monthly feature testing your ability to identify stamps that are faked versus their genuine counterpart. A facsimile is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original. Both a utensil to indicate a paid postage fee on mail matters and a medium of official selfrepresentation, stamps have been used in iran since the 19th century. The islamic republic of iran, like the persian empire before it, has a long postal tradition. Some sites do permit the sale of forgeries and counterfeits as long as such items are identified as such. Original issues and reprints will be discussed separately. Stamp community advertisers only active stamp community advertisers may start topics here to share sales, promotions, etc. Information is provided so that the average collector has an online resource to help evaluate stamps either already present in a collection or potential new acquisitions. A ccording to the robson lowe encyclopaedia of british empire postage stamps, only 0. By 1863 stamp forgeries were so common and usual in the world of philately that soon a special book under the title forged stamps. Advertiser replies in topics must be to answer questions related to that topic only.
By some estimates, forgeries outnumber genuine stamps from this era by a power of 10 or 20 to one a fact that, for obvious reasons, further compounds the difficulties associated with buying rare iran stamps. Bogus stamps are fictitious stamps which purport to be produced by an entity that exists and might have produced them, but did not. A notorious forgery and how to recognise it in 1872 and 1873 thousands of forgeries of the british is stamp were made, and were sold over the counter by a clerk at the stock exchange postoffice in london. A collection of mostly mint kangaroos does not readily fit the profile of a column largely devoted to stamp usage. The forger a person who makes fake stamps starts from scratch, and engraves a completely new plate as it is impossible to produce a new engraving that will be identical to the original. The second mage was obtained with permission from the forgeries idenfication site of bill claghorn. Showing items in philatelic books books on philately for sale. On these years, 1887 stamps, the area around the numeral value is white as seen above. This is something the collector of classical postage stamps, especially the high priced ones, should always be aware of, when evaluating the purchase of a rare stamp. Approvals guaranteed new issue coverage scandinavian stamp albums. The forged stamps are identified by year of issue, denomination and scott and michel catalogue numbers. The term forgery in philately purely refers to the stamps or overprints made from the fake or imitation of original cliches or handstamps. His forgeries are in general of deceptive quality but he also offers forgeries made by other persons, for example spiro.
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