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 Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands Eagle Issues Forged overprints on genuine domestically used stamps by Dirk H.R. Spennemann |
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Unidentified forgeries The stamp shown in Figure XX is cancelled "WIES[BADEN] 2 Sept. 1893, a date which is clearly impossible. Common to all three forgeries is the weak and fuzzy execution of the overprint, as well as the fact that the angle is less steep than normal. Stamps with lower angles had been made for the Caroline and the Mariana Islands, but not for the Marshalls. These forgeries are most likely made by overprinting genuinely cancelled German stamps |
 badly executed forgery with a fuzzy overprint |
 badly executed forgery with a fuzzy overprint |
 badly executed forgery with a fuzzy overprint |
 Forged overprint on a genuine cancelled domestically used 5 Pf stamp [Source: e-bay] |
 Forged overprint on a genuine cancelled domestically used 20 Pf stamp [Source: e-bay] |
 Forged overprint on a genuine cancelled domestically used 20 Pf stamp [Source: e-bay] |
 [Source: e-bay May 2002] |
| Similar stamp forgeries also exist for other Pacific and African colonies. |
[Home Page] [Contents] [Forgeries] [Forgeries Eagle Issues] [Eagle Issues]Bibliographic citation for this documentSpennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Postage Stamps used in the German Marshall Islands. Eagle Issues--Forged overprints on genuine domestically used stampsURL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Stamps/Marshalls/Forgeries/Forgeries_onGenuine.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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