The following has been extracted from Stamp News (March, 1984) which was reprinting from Dr Tyler's book Philatelic Forgeries – Their Life and Works. In the fall of 1902, W.T. Wilson of Birmingham sent the following letter to The London Philatelist ...
Extracted from Australasian Stamps (November 1998) and written by Varro E. Tyler whose Focus on Forgeries is available as a 158 page illustrated book here. Because of the relatively low catalogue value of this attractive set of stamps, collectors are astonished ...
The following is an excerpt from Postage Stamps, Puffin Picture Book 69 (1951) by L.N and M. Williams. Many stamps have been forged, not only the rarities but common issues as well. All forgeries differ from the genuine stamps in some ...
The following article concerning the forging of postage stamps was originally published in Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly (November 1921) and written by Fred J. Melville. The Inadequate Decision of the Madrid Convention of the Postal Union Philately and philatelists can render, and have ...
To prevent the cleaning of used stamps and make it difficult to reproduce or counterfeit by photography, an underprint of intersecting lines of a chalky nature was used in Russia (1909). See also Quadrillé and Varnish Lines. Related posts:Chalky, or Chalk-Surfaced ...
Alan Sparks. Many forgeries of Australia’s rare stamps exist and this forging is still going on today. For the most part, they are intended to cheat the collector but in 1932, there was an attempt to cheat the Australian Post Office ...
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