Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Fournier Forgeries—Cancels by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Introduction Fournier not only forged of Eagle and Fournier forgeries of Yacht series stamps, but also provide the former with forged cancels. These had first come to the attention of the philatelic press in about 1910.[1] The Fournier date cancel itself seems have been forged and applied other stamps by other parties.

Fournier forgery as illustrated in Fredemann's Handbook [1]

Fournier Cancel (impression of actual cancelling device in a Fournier Album)[2]

Fournier Cancel (impression of actual cancelling device in a Fournier Album)[2]

These had first come to the attention of the philatelic press in about 1910.[3] The Fournier date cancel itself seems have been forged and applied other stamps by other parties.

[Home Page]    [Contents]    [Forgeries Eagle Issues]    [Forgeries Yacht Issues]    [Cancels] Bibliographic citation for this document Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Fournier Forgeries--Cancels URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Forgeries/Forgeries_Fournier.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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