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30 Silbergroschen = 24 Gutegroschen = 1 Thaler
For earlier issues of Hanover (1850-1852) click here.
3 Pfennige red (1853) 3 Pfennige red, with network in black (1856) 3 Pfennige green (1863, other insciption)
For the specialist: The 3 p red was issued with and without watermark (oak leaves). The 3 p with network was only issued without watermark. The 3 p green was also issued with no watermark. All these stamps are imperforated, but the 3 p green was also issued rouletted. These stamps were intended to be used on newspaper and printed matter.
3 p red with watermark 'Oak Leaves'
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 3 p red | RR | RR | Watermark 'Oak Leaves' , no network, red gum, issued 15th April 1853. |
| 3 p red | *** | *** | No watermark, no network Reprint:* Exists with red '6' surcharged manually (so-called Leer provisional): RRR |
| 3 p red | RR | RR | No watermark, with network |
| 3 p green | RRR | RRR | No watermark, imperforate. Issued 1st December 1863. |
| 3 p green | *** | *** | No watermark, rouletted, red or white gum |
The network overprint on the 3 p red has about 22 vertical 'loops'. Stamps with a much larger number of vertical loops (about 35) are unissued proofs.
(Stamp from the lower bottom right of a sheet, with number '12'
to the right and '1856' at the bottom)
The 'Leer Provisorium'
(Reprint)
Reprints were made of the 3 p red in 1869 by Goldner (the so-called Hamburg reprints), they have been retouched slightly. The tips of the ornaments at the left of the 'P' and the right of the last 'E' of 'PFENNIGE' are now pointing straight down, instead of being curved outwards as in the genuine stamps. There also exists a private reprint with wrong inscription 'EIN 'DRITTEL SILBERGROSCHEN' instead of 'DREI ZEHNTEL SILBERGROSCHEN':
(Tete-beche reprints, one with wrong inscription)
I've been told that this is an official reprint or 'Amtlicher
Neudruck' of 1864, printed in black on blue paper with
inscription 'DREI ZEHNTEL SILBERGROSCHEN'
A black on green 'reprint'(?) from the same source(?) with
inscription 'EIN DRITTEL SILBERGROSCHEN'
The above stamps are forgeries (the first forgery described in Album Weeds): the letter 'NO' of 'HANNOVER' almost touch the '3', in the genuine stamp, the word 'HANNOVER' should be in the middle between the '3' and the crown. The top of the '3' has the same size as the bottom of it (in the genuine stamp the bottom of the '3' is larger). The 'P' of 'PFENNIGE' touches the first background line on the left. The 'P' in the genuine stamp begins between the second and third line from the left. I have seen this forgery with a cancel with text 'HANNOVER' in a double circle with no date, but also with a small rectangular cancel 'FRANCO'. These forgeries have guidelines outside of the design (only visible for pecimens with a large border).
Forgery with the '3' different; the top part is too large. The
word 'EIN' is placed too high.
I possess a forgery of the 3 p rouletted stamp which is apparantly made by photography. The image shows small dots as can be observed in images in newspapers, but this is only visible with a magnifying glass. My copy has the cancel: 'HANNOVER 2/9 1-2 B K'. This stamp has printed 'Replik' on the back (probably from German origin), but it does not seem to be one of the Peter Winter forgeries.
The next stamp is a Peter Winter forgery:
Peter Winter forgery
Two forged stamps on letter with cancel 'HILDESHEIM 16/10 7-8 A'
Zoom-in on one of the stamps of the above envelope
A picture of the same envelope (same adress, same handwriting) with a similar forgery, but with cancel 'HANNOVER 1 10 8-9A' can be found in the 'House of Stamps' catalogue (edition 85-88).
I also posess a 3 p green forgery with a very blotchy impression. The tips of the ornaments at the left of the 'P' of 'PFENNIGE' are pointing straight down. The 'P' and final 'E' of 'PFENNIGE' are much too close to the elliptic frame. The cancel is very strange: a 5-ringed concentric circle cancel, unlike any genuine cancel I've ever seen on the stamps of Hanover.
The following stamps are Fournier (a famous forger) forgeries, he sold two types of forgeries:
Second choice Fournier forgeries?
In the above stamps the tip of the ornaments at the left of the 'P' of 'PFENNIGE' is pointing straight down. Also note the cancels with only the city name (no date). They have a cancel 'HANNOVER' or 'LUNEBURG' double circle cancel with no date.
The same forgery as above, but with more convincing 'HANNOVER 2
10 64' and red 'PD' cancels.
First choice Fournier forgeries:
Fournier forgeries with 'FREIBURG 17 10' and 'HANNOVER 1 MAI 64'
cancel both in a double circle, as can be found in 'The Fournier
Album of Philatelic Forgeries'; click here
for more Hanover Fournier forgeries
In the above Fournier forgery, the tips of the ornaments to the left of the 'P' of 'PFENNIGE' and to the right of the 'E' of this word are also pointing downwards.
Two forgeries (3 p red and 3 p green) with the tips of the
ornaments at the left of the 'P' of and the right of the last 'E'
of 'PFENNIGE' too big. The lettering is quite badly done, For
example In this particular red stamp there is a '-' between
'DRIT' and 'TEL' (I've seen another example where the 'E' of
'DRITTEL' has turned into an 'F'). In the green stamp, the crown
is just below the 'IL' of 'SILBER', but in the genuine green
stamp, the crown is below the 'S' of this word. I've seen these
forgeries with part of a 'ZEITUNGS EXP..' in a circle cancel.
A forgery of the 3 p red value with the letters 'PFENNIGE' too
thin (reduced size). Also note the strange barcancel that was
never used in Hanover. Next to it an uncancelled 3 p green stamp,
made by the same forger. Also note the strange shape of the 'G'
of 'PFENNIGE'.
Very dubious item.... Note that the cancel has an inverted 'N'.
The positions of the letters is different when compared to a
genuine stamp. The first 'S' of 'SILBERGROSCHEN' is particularly
badly done.
Sperati forgeries:
(Image obtained from Richard Frajola's website)
(Front and backside of a Sperati forgery)
The following distinghuishing characteristics are valid for this Sperati forgery:
1) The 'E' and 'H' of 'ZEHNTEL' are joined at the
bottom
2) The letters 'L' and 'B' of 'SILBER' are joined at the bottom
3) The letters 'H' and 'E' of 'GROSCHEN' are joined by a thin
line in the middle
4) The 'A' of 'HANNOVER' has no white space in it.
5) The 'E' of 'HANNOVER' has its lower and center stroke joined
(not visible in the first stamp above).
The first picture was found on Richard Frajola's
website: http://www.seymourfamily.com/rfrajola/Sperati/speratiindex.htm.
Sperati forgeries are expensive and sought after in general. The
differences with genuine stamps are often microscopic.
I've seen this Sperati forgery with the cancels:
'BLUMENTHAL 10 2' in a large double circle
'EMDEN 15 8 NACHTS' (on a pair)
'HAMBURG 4 12 2-3' in a double circle (see image above)
'HANNOVER 4 6 10-11' in a double circle (see image above)
All pretending to be 'proofs', but more likely reprints.