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Genuine stamps:
Fournier forgeries:
Fournier forgeries. Note that the second forgery has no number in
the 'number' cancel. Such a cancel does not exist; it always has
a number or is fully covered with lines (Vollgitterstempel).
I think the first stamp above is a Fournier forgery. It has the same cancel
as in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries': 'SEBNITZ i/S
15 3 52 6-2 V'. According to 'The Forged Stamps of all Countries'
by J.Dorn, the line under the word 'DREI' is interrupted below
the start of the 'R' and the 'I' (while in the genuine stamps, it
is only interrupted below the 'I').
Fournier based his forgery on a Oswald Schroeder forgery (made
between 1877 and 1880) with the same distinghuishing
characteristics. By the way, the Schroeder forgery is often
referred to as Engelhardt Fohl forgery
(it was produced on the order of Fohl, source 'Philatelic
Forgers, their Lives and Works' by Varro E. Tyler). The second
stamp is a Fournier forgery.
Other Fournier forgeries with a 'SEBNITZ i/S 15 3 52' or 'SEBNITZ
i/S 15 9 53' cancel. The first two have an additional 'FAUX'
overprint (from the 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries').
I've also seen a similar forgery with a changed date: 'SEBNITZ
i/S 15 7 51 5-3 V.' cancel.
Some of the cancels Fournier used on forgeries of Saxony (taken from a Fournier album), by the way, the above Sebnitz cancel does not seem to be in this album:
Numeral cancel '6', 'LEIPZIG 11 MAI 63' and 'LEIPZIG 5 1/2 - 6',
reduced sizes
This forgery has the cancel 'LEIPZIG 5 1/2 -6'; it could be a
Fournier forgery.
I've been told that these two stamps are Oswald Schroeder
forgeries.
Sheet of four forgeries, showing two different designs, they might also have been sold by Fournier:
The first design (upper left and lower right stamp) show a peculiar top of the 'R' of 'DREI'. The other two stamps (upper right and lower left) have some slanting lines in the frame below the 'N' of 'FRANCO'. Below the block are shown three other forgeries with the same distinghuishing characteristics. One of the Fournier forgeries shown above, also has these slanting lines below the 'N'.
Peter Winter forgeries:
I have seen Peter Winter forgeries with the same cancel as in the third forgery shown above 'HAYNICHEN 30 VI 7 65', but placed in a slightly different position. I have also seen whole sheets of Winter forgeries (4 rows of 5 stamps, also some with the 'HAYNICHEN' cancel). My own copies of these forgeries have the word 'replik' printed on the backside (but this need not always be the case). These forgeries were made in the 1980's, they look very 'modern made'.
(Two forged stamps on a forged envelope, all produced by Peter
Winter)
('R' and 'E' of 'DREI' are not touching at the bottom in the
above forgeries, note the strange second 'S' of 'SACHSEN' and the
slanting 'A' in 'FRANCO', all the above stamps are probably made
by the same forger, possibly Peter Winter)
I've been told that this is a reprint from original plates, but it is actually a forgery (most likely from the same origin as the stamps shown above):
Other forgeries:
(Two forgeries on a letter)
Forgery similar to the upper forgery in the above image.
Forgeries with first 'S' of 'SACHSEN' different and 'C' of
'FRANCO' slanting. The 'G' of 'FPENNIGE' is also different. It
might have been made by Panelli or Oneglia, since it is often offered in
batches of Panelli/Oneglia forgieres offered on Ebay from Italy
(2009).
(Other deceptive forgeries)
(Reduced sizes, forgeries)
A photographic reproduction of 4 stamps
A whole sheet of 'reprints' made for the 'Philatelia 1. Nationale Briefmarken-Messe Berlin 8.-10. 11. 1990'. There is a large dot in front of the word 'DREI'.
'Reprint' sheet made in 1990
Another whole sheet of 'reprints'; the 'D' of 'DREI' always has
an open top. The breaks and defects are always the same for the
same position in the sheet.
Another forgery probably taken from the bottom right of a forged
sheet (with very wide margins to the right and bottom).
Forgery with cancel 'XI. DEUTSCHER PHILATELISTENTAG DRESDEN 23
JULI 1899'.
Forgery with very badly done lettering, for example the 'R' of
'DREI' or the second 'S' of 'SACHSEN'.
Forgery with no shading in the '3'.
Modern forgery with gum and 'COPY' written at the back.
Other forgeries
Quite badly done forgeries; the first one fetched 533 US$ in an
online auction. Some kind of a cut from a postcard with an image
of a Saxony 3 p stamp (second image). Even with perforation
(third image). All these forgeries appear to be of the same
origin.
A label for a stamp exhibition in Glauchau.
Miscellaneous: Inscription 'DRESDEN' instead of 'SACHSEN', Local issue of the city of Dresden:
