Genuine 12 k and 18 k stamps. The bottom of the 'U' of 'KREUZER' should be flat in both the 12 and 18 kr.
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Currency: 60 Kreuzer = 1 Gulden, after 1875 100 Pfennig = 1 Mark
Genuine 12 k and 18 k stamps. The bottom of the 'U' of 'KREUZER'
should be flat in both the 12 and 18 kr.
Examples:
Left a forgery of the 18 k value with a 'lines' cancel which I
have never seen on a genuine stamp; also the '1' and the '8' in
the corners are too far away from each other in my view. Next to
it a 18 k yellow stamp, probably made by the same forger. Also a
12 k green and 12 k red with the same line-cancel. In both 12 k
forgeries, there is a scratch across the upper right value label.
Two forgeries with the same cancel, both probably made by the
same forger. The bottom of the 'U' of 'KREUZER' is too rounded in
both forgeries. The 'K' and 'R' of this word are too far apart.
I suspect the following stamps to be Fournier forgeries:
The 'U' of 'KREUZER' is too rounded. Fournier forgeries exists
with silk thread painted on it, pasted on it or without silk
thread.
18 k Fournier forgery with "FAUX" overprint.
Forged Fournier cancels taken from a Fournier Album, reduced
sizes
The cancel on the one of the 12 k and the 18 k is
'PASSAU VII 19 4' in a half-circle as in the Fournier album of
philatelic forgeries. The cancel on two of the 12 k forgeries is
'269' millwheel (also in this album). He also seems to have used
the cancel 'PASSAU 7A 8 5' in a half-circle and several other
millwheel cancels. I cannot discover a silkthread on most of the
above forgeries. He offered 6 values (among them the above stamps
and a 1 kr black) for 6 Swiss Francs in his 1914 Pricelist.
Another 1 kr was offered as 'choix extra' for 5 Swiss Francs.
According to me, the 12 k Fournier forgery has the bottom right
part of the upper right corner '12' too long.
(Genuine 18 kr stamp?)
According to 'The Forged Stamps of all Countries' by J.Dorn the upper left half of the '8' of the central '18' should be like in the picture above. But be careful, I have seen recent a Peter Winter forgery with a correct upper left half!
Another forgery of the 18 k value.
Forgery with a bogus dots cancel.
Cuts from a Mencke Huber card (see next image) In the forgery of
the 18 k, the words 'BAYERN' and 'FRANCO' are too broad and the
ornaments different (especially inside the '8').
Some other forgeries.
The Serrane guide also mentions Nuremberg forgeries of the 12 k and 18 k values and card cut-outs from an exhibition in Munich in 1914 for the same values. I have no further information.
The forger Peter Winter also made forgeries of the 18 k red stamp. These forgeries were made in the 1980's, they don't look very 'old'.
A pair of Peter Winter forgeries of the 18 k red stamps. I've
seen four of such forgeries with a 'zwischensteg' and cancel
"POSTABLAGE OBERNBREIT.".
Block of four 18 k stamps with cancel "PASSAU 18/9 5 A
BAHNHOF". I've also seen these forgeries pasted on letters
(with the same cancel); also with 'zwischensteg'. I've also seen
a block of four of these forgeries with the cancel
"POSTABLAGE OBERNBREIT.". Also another block with the
numeral cancel "49". Also another block with
"BOELLHEIM 27/?".
Another forged Peter Winter product, the letter, stamps and
cancels are all forged.
Forgeries on cover:
(Reduced size)
A similar letter with four 18 kr forgeries and the same cancel 'DEGGENDORF 23 5' and numeral cancel '49' can be found at Bill Claghorn's website: http://members.tripod.com/claghorn1p/Bavaria/Front1.htm. Everything seems to be forged, even the letter itself. This is probably a product of Peter Winter as well.
A block of four 4 k blue reprints, from the 'original stones'
made in 1961
Zoom-in of this reprint, the words 'Neudruck 1960' are printed in
red at the backside.
Another 'reprint' of the 18 k made in 1972 for 'Isaria' in
Wolfratshausen, (sorry for the small image)
In 1987 another minisheet was issued to commemorate the birthday of Peter Haseney, the designer of the first stamp of Bavaria. It has the 1 k black, 3 k blue and 6 k brown facsimiles printed on it. The text at the bottom of each stamp is 'Facsimile'(?). The text on the minisheet is '175. Geburtstag von Peter Haseney, dem Schopfer der ersten deutschen Briefmarke'. The minisheet was printed by Gehringer.
Again another reprint exists of the 3 k blue stamp (one stamp on a minisheet) for the IBRA 99 exhibition. On the back of this reprints is written "Neudruck vom Originaldruckstößel IBRA 99".
A forgery of the 1 k red with dots in the numeral instead of a
pattern of lines.
Some kind of advertisement label in the design of the 9 k green
with inscription "MIENCHEN WAEHLT DR DR DR KELLER"
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