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I have seen imperforate souvenir sheets (?) with the 1 Pound and 5 Pounds stamps on it, with very large borders (about the size of the stamp itself), at the bottom the year the stamp was issued is indicated in very large letters. I don't know who issued these sheets, but they have been issued in large quantities. Example of such a sheet:
(1 pound brown facsimile sheet)
Sheet with 5 Pound forgery, reduced size. Next to it the same
reprint in green.
(Cut from this same sheet with '1882' removed)
Forgery with no watermark, possible perforated cut from the above
souvenir sheet
Possibly the same forgery as above, with "EDINBURGH JA 8
96" cancel. This forgery also appears in the Barefoot guide
of Great Britain. It is said to have been produced somewhere in
the 1970's. It always has letters 'AA'. It has an impressed
watermark. I've also seen it with the cancel "C JERSEY NO 16
98".
The same "AA" forgery with forged "WORCESTER 1245
PM DE 8 99" cancel.
Another forgery has impossible "AQ"
corner letters, it is called the Paris forgery and first appeared
around 1928. It often has a "STIRLING 1 JA 5 89" cancel
(source: http://www.stampauctions.co.uk/5pound/f74.jpg).
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Another forgery has impossible "DO" corner letters and
a forged "REGISTERED A2 3 AP 02 LOMBARD ST." cancel. It
was made by Peter Winter.
Crude forgery:
(Forgery of the 5 Sh stamp)
The above forgery is very crude (compare the face of the Queen with a genuine stamp).
Other forgery:
Forgery of the 10 Sh stamp with imitated watermark 'Anchor'; the
perforation is wrong. This forgery is probably of modern origin.
I've seen other copies (all with corner letters 'GAAG' offered as
facsimiles). In my view, the horizontal background lines behind
the Queen's head are too coarse. Next to it a 1 Pound forgery,
also with too coarse lines in the background, presumably from the
same source.
Another forgery of the 10 Sh, the Queen's eye is unshaded. It
does have a clear 'Anchor' watermark.
I'v been told that this is a Paris forgery, I have no further
information.
(Rather primitive forgery of the 1 Pound brown stamp)
A forgery of the 1 Pound brown with the head of the Queen
'slanting forward' and the back of the head touching the circle.
I've also seen it with a square 'HANLEY C MR 21 94' cancel and
uncancelled. The 1 Pound green also exists in this forgery type.
The corner letters are always 'CBBC'. It is often found with this
"TORQUAY H DE 1...." partial cancel.
This forgery of the 1 Pound King Edward VII stamp was made by the
same forger I presume.
Forgery of the 5 Pounds value with the head of the Queen slanting
too much forwards. Possibly also made by the same forger, since
I've seen it with the above shown "TORQUAY H DE 1...."
partial cancel..
"DI" forgery with "WIGAN AM DE 20 99" cancel.
I've also seen it with the same cancel placed in a different
position.
The forger Peter Winter has made forgeries of the 1 Pound brown, 1 Pound green and 5 Pounds orange Queen Victoria stamps. He also offers a forgery of the 5 Pounds telegraph Queen Victoria stamp. Images can be found in the 'House of Stamps Edition 88' catalogue. There, they are cancelled on pieces of paper with the cancels "REGISTERED A2 3 AP LOMBARD ST." in an ellipse, "LUDLOW MY 9 1894" curved text cancel, "HONITON NO 29 18.." and "1" numeral cancel in a lozenge surrounded by lines. He also offers the 5 Pounds stamp on letter.
Advertisement label of the "NEW ENGLAND STAMP COMPANY"
in the design of the 5 Pounds stamp.
