Country: St. Lucia Clear Subject: Forgeries & Fakes Clear
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A11 (Madame Joseph forgery)
£14
ST. LUCIA stamps: Litho forgery in pale lilac, used horizontal pair, slight bend. £8
ST. LUCIA stamps: Panelli type forgery of the 1881 QV HALFPENNY green (SG.23) with impressed Crown CC wmk, used. £28
ST. LUCIA (unissued) stamp: Panelli forgery in lemon-yellow of the QV 1882 FOUR PENCE on undenominated (4d) with impressed Crown CC REVERSED wmk and partial diagonal off-setting of the overprint on reverse, bogus cancel. The 1882 FOUR PENCE (SG.27) only being issued with Crown CA watermark (as it not found with reversed wmk as such). £60
ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (6d) green in pale greyish-green in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 without constant diagonal line plate flaw at right (as found on similar sheets) and the last three stamps of each of rows 2, 3, and 4 moved upwards. £85
ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (4d) blue in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80
ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (6d) green in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80
ST. LUCIA stamps Litho forgery of the 1863 QV (1d) lake in brown-lake in a fine unused without gum unwatermarked sheet of 20 stamps, position 13 with constant diagonal line plate flaw at right. £80
Forged ST. LUCIA postmark dated C/JU 16 93 with lettering further away from the outer rim than the genuine on QV 6d (SG.49). £10
CASTRIES, St. Lucia postmark forged CASTRIES cds dated C/JU 10 96 on manuscript cleaned 1891 QV 10/- dull mauve & black (SG.52, Cat.£300). £48
ST. LUCIA stamps: QV 1/- (SG.50) with manuscript markings removed and forged "A10" (as used Kingstown, St. Vincent) added. £8
ST. LUCIA stamps: the ST. LUCIA B/JA 18 03 forgery on 1891 QV 1/- (SG.50). Close match to Ritchie handbook Page 59 illustration, rarely found. £24
ST. LUCIA postmark 19mm cds forgery with hyphen in name dated C/OC 16 -6 on manuscript used QV 6d (SG.49). £12
ST. LUCIA (Smeets forgery) stamps: 1885 QV 1/- orange-brown (SG.36), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Smeets by bleaching out the design of used copies of the 1886 Ceylon QV 5c dull purple (SG.195) to a give a "blank" CA wmk P.14 stamp; only immediately given away by the indelible ink KOTAGALA (Ceylon) OC 19 97 cds which could not be removed. £140
A01 forged KINGSTON, Jamaica postmark on St. Lucia stamp m/script used QV 6d violet (SG.28) with forged A01 numeral added. £14
ST. LUCIA postmark the ST. LUCIA code B/JA 18 03 forgery on 1902 KE7 1/- Crown CA wmk (SG.62). Close match to Ritchie handbook Page 59 illustration, rarely found. £75