Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Forged Cancels by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

The loss of the colonies at the early stage of the war meant that the prices for cancelled colonial stamps increased dramatically during the war. This gave rise to a range of cancel forgeries. On occasion these are limited to simple circle segments and some smudges as in the example illustrated below

[Home Page]    [Contents]    [Cancels] Bibliographic citation for this document Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Cancels--Forged Cancels URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/CancelPix/Forged4.html CONTACT: Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia. e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au

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