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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Yacht Issues Fournier Forgeries—Comparison by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
Comparing Fournier Forgeries with Orginals |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). Letter of forgeries are more squat in appearance and lack the fine detail of the serifs. |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). Rosettes in the corners lack the fine detail. |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). Shading of the border ornaments appears 'flat'. |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). Superstructure of the ship is very blurry and ill-defined. Elements merge into each other. |
 Comparison of the details of the forged stamps (left) and the originals (right). The waves of the forgery are less linar that in the original. The central insert (black) has badly defined edges that do not match the shape of the coloured border. |
[Home Page] [Contents] [Yacht Issues]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Yacht Issues--Fournier Forgeries—Comparing Fournier Forgeries with OrginalsURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Forgeries/Forgeries_Four_Yacht_Comp.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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