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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Forged Cancels by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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Francois Fournier created both forged overprints on genuine stamps, and complete stamp and overprint forgeries (see here for discussion). The date cancel Fournier employed was 8/6/97. The exampe shown below shows such a cancel on a standard, non-overprinted Eagle series stamp. As the cancel is unclear compared to the clear cancel used by Fournier, it is possible that this is even a second degree forgery. As the Type II cancel was first used in Jaluit on 21 May 1900, this is clearly a forgery. A backdated cancel can be excluded, as the '97' year slug was never in existence for the Type II cancel |
 Forged Fournier date cancel on a standard, non-overprinted Eagle series stamp [Source: e-bay March 2002] |
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[Home Page] [Contents] [Cancels]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Cancels--Forged Cancels -- Forged Fournier CancelURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/CancelPix/Forged7.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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