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Persia 1868 issue, forgeries, part 2 -
Persia (Iran) 1868 issue
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More information about stamps from Persia, forgeries etc. can be found on: http://www.persi.com/fakes/fakes/fake.html, http://fuchs-online.com/iran/lions-03.htm or http://www.iranphilatelic.org/scams.htm. Also the book of Friedrich Schuller 'Die Persische Post und de Postwerthzeichen von Persien und Buchara' has much information.
Official reprints of 1877:
Reprinted for stamp collectors. They were never postally used.
The 2 ch blue and 8 ch green were still available and were not
reprinted, source: http://fuchs-online.com/iran/lions-09.htm.
Note the large scratch on the most right 4 ch stamp (the first
strip of three stamps probably did not have the damaged cliche in
it; I've seen other strips of three stamps with a white space
where this cliche used to be).
Other non official 'Reprints' exist:
Boital reprints. I've seen minisheets of 10 of such reprints (2
rows of 5 stamps). I've also seen them with perforation. Note the
large scratch in the design under the lion in the 4 ch values.
The 1 ch value has two dots at both left and right sides of the
ornament below the lion; also it has a white circle around the
value in each corner. The 2 ch has a damaged bottom left corner.
If my information is correct, Mr.Boital, who was General
Postmaster of Persia, brought the printing plates of the first
stamps to Paris in 1886(?) and ordered reprints of all four
values. Usually they are printed on very white paper. They are
listed as 'Neudrucke' (reprints) in the book of Friedrich
Schuller.
Minisheet of Boital reprints.
Forgeries made by the same forger?
Page of the book of Friedrich Schuller 'Die Persische Post und de
Postwerthzeichen von Persien und Buchara' showing several
forgeries.
Mottes-Sauerland forgery? In the book of Friedrich Schuller 'Die
Persische Post und de Postwerthzeichen von Persien und Buchara' a
similar forgery is shown on Plate II, image 2 (2 ch blue), image
10 (1 T red on yellow and black) and image 11 (5 ch violet).
This might be the forgery shown in Friedrich Muller's book on
Plate II, image 4 as Mottes forgery.
This might also be image 10 of Friedrich Mulller's book?
These 4 K blue forgeries might be the forgery type shown in
Muller's book on Plate II, image 9. Note that the circle of
pearls is not truely circular (especially in the lower left
part). The circle does not touch the left frameline.
Two 2 ch stamps, one in blue and the other in black, not
corresponding to any genuine type. The lion has a totally white
body (genuine stamps have a star-like structure at this
location). This is the type described in Muller's book, Plate II,
image 21. The values 1 ch black, 4 ch red and 8 ch green are also
shown in his book.
Forgeries of the 1 ch black stamp, also with pink and purple
cancels. The ornaments on top are too far from the central
circle. Is this the forgery described in the book of Friedrich
Schuller 'Die Persische Post und de Postwerthzeichen von Persien
und Buchara'? In this book it is shown on Plate II as image 16.
Note that the last stamps have a different '1'.
Forgery with the two dots missing which should have been in the
upper central part (where the two curly ornaments meet).
Forgeries, examples:
Forgeries, all made by the same forger?
Same forgeries pasted on a piece of a letter.
I've been told that these are reprints of the 8 ch, I have no
further information. Note that the '8' is very much defrormed and
does not resemble any of the 4 genuine types and it also does not
resemble the Boital 8 ch reprints. I've seen them uncancelled or
with "TEHERAN" or "HAMADAN" cancels.
Perforated 4 ch forgeries in red and green. The lion appears to
have a long beard. Note that the Arabic 4's in the corners are
different from the genuine stamps.
The book 'Lions of Iran' by Mr. Mehrdad Sadri seems to be quite useful in determining forgeries of these stamps. This book also gives descriptions of essays etc. (I have not read this book myself).
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