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;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 1c black (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a large number of the 96c bistre stamps disappeared from the Stamp Commissioner's custody, and from that date they were withdrawn from circulation (see T+H Page 109).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 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860-63 24c green, a corner marginal horiz. strip of four pmk'd forgeries showing DOUBLE PERFORATIONS along top, all stamps affected by diagonal crease. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1850 forgery of the 8c Cotton Reel in green (SG.4) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel. £36 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1850 forgery of the 12c Cotton Reel in blue (SG.7) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel, centrally thinned. £20 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1856 4c Type-set PRINTED IN REVERSE on thin greyish-pink paper (nothing on reverse). £40 |
;) | TYPE-SET FORGERY SHEET of the British Guiana 1862 4c black/on bluish-grey, very fine unused without gum sheet of 6 with roulettes intact, stain in top margin. £150 |
;) | TYPE-SET FORGERY SHEET of the British Guiana 1862 1c black/on rose, very fine unused without gum sheet of 12 with roulettes intact. £175 |
;) ;) | FABRICATED PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle, ANTIGUA postal history a completely fabricated wrapper (produced circa 1950) on brown parchment-like outer lettersheet addressed J. Lea Esq, Solicitor, Nevis with “Pd” lower left corner showing very fine red ink PAID AT ENGLISH HARBOR Crowned Circle plus very fine black ink ENGLISH HARBOR, ANTIGUA datestamp for JY 1 19 (19 for 61) and purplish ink “4” inter-island rate mark above address panel. Lower flap with trace of NEVIS arrival dbl-arc and some circular stains which are the base of a candle holder which has been cunninglyly blown out to spatter tiny flecks of red wax, also some minor soiling added by use of a paint brush dipped in water. Only two genuine entires with this Crowned Circle (Cat.£9,000) are recorded. £725 |
;) | 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 |
;) ;) | PAID AT NEVIS - AN EXQUISITE and INTRIGUING FAKED COVER 1885 completed fabricated cover showing why the PAID AT NEVIS Crowned Circle was used on pairs QV ½d dull green and singles QV 1d carmine (SG.25,27a) during the period 9/12/83 to 9/9/86 (dates taken from village manuscript markings on loose stamp overstruck with the Crowned Circle): 1885 cover addressed Chas. Hill Esq., English Harbour, Antigua with genuine QV 1d carmine superbly tied full upr. bogus PAID AT NEVIS Crowned Circle to uprate to 2½d for the under 300 mile inter-island rate (with further strike alongside) additionally showing bogus NEVIS A/DE 12 85 despatch cds alongside address panel. B/stamped further bogus NEVIS A/DE 12 85 cds and what is now considered extremely dubious ANTIGUA/ A/DE 14 85/ ENGLISH HARBOUR cds (note that this is the same date as found on the E.V. Toeg cover bearing 8 x QV 1d to Sherring, Bristol with RPS certificate). The author being aware that genuine strikes of both the Crowned Paid and Nevis cds have an oily appearance at this time has cleverly used his paint brush to simulate the oily stains within the Nevis despatch cds and soiled the cover at top left for good measure. (Shortages of the 2½d adhesive were highly probable at this time as only 1080 copies 2½d red-brown CA were invoiced AU 10 82 followed by 5100, 5100, 5160 copies of the 2½d ultramarine on NO 6 83, MY 21 84, AU 7 84). No genuine covers with the QV ½ds or single QV 1d with PAID AT NEVIS are known to exist. £925 |
;) | CAYMAN BRAC, Cayman Islands postmark a forgery of this exceptionally rare postmark on 1d Falls (SG.Z27, genuine Cat.£6,000), a nice conversation piece or space-filler. £120 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1862 1c rose Type-set (SG.116, Cat.£800), a forgery showing "wrong ornament" and "large A" in POSTAGE, fine used. £50 |
;) | JAMAICA stamps: imperf. litho forgery of the QV 1/- 'used'. £14 |
;) | JAMAICA stamps: imperf. litho forgery of the QV 6d 'used'. £14 |
;) ;) ;) | KURUNEGALA, Ceylon postmark on forged ST. VINCENT stamp 1899 QV 5/- green & blue (SG.75, Cat.£170 used), a forgery believed to have been cleverly executed by the Belgian forger Dr Julian 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 KURUNEGALA (Ceylon) and MR 24 95 dated cds which could not be removed. Few examples show trace of original design in the value tablet. £100 |
;) | ST. LUCIA postmark 19mm cds forgery with hyphen in name dated C/OC 16 -6 on manuscript used QV 6d (SG.49). £12 |
;) | T.? forgery, Trinidad postmark (Type 0.9) squatter and without duplex cds portion at left on 1/- (SG.154). £5 |
;) | WESLEY (used at MARIGOT period) forgery, Dominica postmark forged cds dated */MY 18 0(4) or 0(5) on manuscript cleaned QV 1/- REVENUE CC wmk (SG.R3), scarce on this denomination. £28 |
;) | 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 |