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;) | BERMUDA stamps: Litho forgery of the QV 2d in blue fine used. £8 |
;) | MONTSERRAT stamps: Bisected QV 1d on piece pmk'd forged "A08" obliterator. £15 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: Litho forgery of the Chalon QV 6d in pale rose imperforate used, no dot on forehead. £15 |
;) | GRENADA stamps: Litho forgery of the Chalon QV 6d in deep rose used, dot on forehead, straight edge at base. £12 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS stamps: Litho forgery of the QV 1d in blue, inperforate used. £8 |
;) ;) | A18 used ENGLISH HARBOUR, Antigua postal history 1885 cover to R.V. Sherring, Hallatrow, Nr. Bristol with strip of three, single QV 1d carmine-red tied "A18" (a second type) with ENGLISH HARBOUR A/DE 4 85 cds alongside. Top left with re-instated "via Saint Thomas", reverse with most of flap removed showing Hallatrow and Bristol DE 21 85 cds. Sold "as is". Note: This A18 cancel is not of the type proofed and sent out in 1858. It is now thought that the cover is contrived and fabricated in the early 1950's. £500 |
;) | HONG KONG stamps: Spiro Bothers forgery of the QV 6c in dull purple pmk'd blue "B62" in a block of eight (4 x 2) stamps. £60 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 1/- in indigo, fine used. £5 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 6d in green, fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho forgery by the Spiro Brothers of the QV 6d in green, fine used. £6 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho perforated forgery of the QV 6d in deep green showing wide spacing V I in ST. VINCENT, fine used. £16 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: Litho imperforate forgery of the QV 6d in deep green showing wide spacing V I in ST. VINCENT, fine used. £18 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 QV 1d drab ovp'd "Revenue" (SG.39, PML.9), fine used with forged "A10" cancel. £5 |
;) | ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark presumed forgeries, similar Type PM5, on QV 4d orange-brown CA wmk (SG.28a, Cat.£60 used) and QV ¼d on 1/-, the former showing smaller than normal dates slugs of "JUN 13", both strikes with tinge of blue in ink. Not previously seen. £36 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 4c pale blue, litho forgery in a corner marginal horiz. strip of four used, some clipped perfs at right. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 12c grey-lilac (wide spacing), a fine used corner marginal horiz. strip of four litho forgeries. £60 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1876 96c olive-bistre, scarce used Panelli forgery with impressed Crown CC wmk (SG.134, genuine used Cat.£250). In February 1878 a large number of the 96c bistre stamps disappeared from the Stamp Commissioner's custody, and from that date they were withdrawn from circulation (see T+H Page 109). Only one printing of 30,000 less 21,132 surcharged less "large number" lost equals those used for postage £70 |
;) | GRENADA (Smeets forgery) stamp: 1902 KE7 5/- green & carmine (SG.65, Cat.£80), 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 partial Ceylonese village cds ending in LA which could not be removed, added forged partial ST. DAVID'S cds thought dated C/JY 2 06. £60 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps forgeries of the 1856 1c black/magenta (world's rarest stamp) and 1856 4c black/blue tied to piece by forged DEMERARA FE 22 1856 dbl-arcs on piece addressed The Lord Bishop of Guiana, Georgetown. The DEMERARA dbl-arc with the same FE 22 1856 date cancels the Barlow 1c vermilion strip of four cover Townsend (1969 sale) lot 26, and Great (1970 sale) lot 38 £225 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: scarce Panelli forgery of the 1882 2c orange printed in the wrong colour of the 8c rose with impressed Crown CA wmk used with date 1897. £30 |