Forgeries with French numeral cancel

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I have seen some stamps with a forged French numeral '5129' cancel. I do not know who made these forgeries, I have seen them on stamps of Ukraine, Russia and Mexico.


(A bogus Western Army overprint, Latvia on a stamp of Ukraine, note the French(!) 5129 numeral cancel)

Another bogus overprint on a stamp of Russia. Note the same French numeral cancel '5129'.

This same cancel was also used on some genuine Mexican Porte de Mar stamps:


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