ONEGLIA FORGERIES, Part 2

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Erasmo Oneglia was an Italian forger in the late 19th century. He is famous for his engraved forgeries, but he also made photo-lithographed forgeries. Many of his forgeries were previously attributed to the forger Angelo Panelli. The engraved Oneglia forgeries are usually 'overinked'.

His forgeries include stamps from the Australian States, Baden, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Brazil, British North America, British West Indies, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verde, Ceylon, Chile, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Italian States, Luxemburg, Malayan States, Malta, Monaco, Nevis, Portuguese Guinea, St. Helena, Spain, Switzerland, Roman States, Thailand, Tuscany, Two Sicilies, United States and Confederate States of America. Some of his forgeries were erroneously attributed to Angelo Panelli. According to the book The Oneglia Engraved Forgeries Commonly Attributed to Angelo Panelli by Robson Lowe and Carl Walske (1997) 788 forgeries were made from 30 countries by Oneglia.

Oneglia forgeries, part 1

Natal:

Possible Oneglia forgeries of the Queen Victoria issue of Natal.

Netherlands Indies:

First issue. See Cd#2.

Nevis:

New Brunswick:

(New Brunswick 6 p yellow and 1 Sh violet forgery)

Newfoundland:

These forgeries were often attributed to Panelli, since Panelli sold them. But they were actually made by Oneglia.

A whole sheet of Oneglia forgeries of Newfoundland, printed in rows of 6, all six values below each other:

(Reduced sizes)

New South Wales

Forgeries of New South Wales. Made by Panelli or Oneglia? A similar forgery (same facial expression) of the 2 p value can be found in Philatelic Forgers, Their Lives and Works by V.E.Tyler in which it is attributed to Angelo Panelli.

North Borneo

Forgery of the 5 c on 8 c green stamp, the surcharge (too broad) and cancel are forged. The right hand side Chinese characters and the left hand side Arabic inscriptions are those of the 2 c value and not of the 8 c value! I've also seen this forgery without the '5 CENTS' surcharge. It might have been made by the forger Oneglia, since I've seen it offered in a batch with many Oneglia forgeries.

Nova Scotia

(image obtained from Richard Frajola)

Image obtained thanks to Richard Frajola

Saxony

These Saxony forgeries might have been made by Oneglia, since they are often offered with batches of Panelli/Oneglia forgeries on from an Ebay seller 'Esterrana' (Milan, Italy) in (2009)