Very large dot behind 'SICILIA', which is placed too low and 'GR' different, note the strange cancels. Also, the bottom of the bust of the King is too wavy when compared to a genuine stamp.
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Very large dot behind 'SICILIA', which is placed too low and 'GR'
different, note the strange cancels. Also, the bottom of the bust
of the King is too wavy when compared to a genuine stamp.
(Forgeries)
(An engraved forgery of the 50 g)
A very peculiar forgery(?), offered as genuine on Ebay, with
pearls all around it and fleur-de-lis in the four angles. A
similar image can be found in The Stamp Collector's Magazine Vol
IV, 1866, page 120 where it is mentioned as essay.
A forgery with inscription 'GR.00.' in the colour green and
another one in brown with blue cancel.
Another strange forgery 50 g grey
Forgery of the 1/2 g value
Forgery of the 2 g, 5 g, 10 g and 50 g made by the same forger,
note the strange 'S' in 'POSTA'. There is no dot behind
'SICILIA'. The 'P' of 'POSTA' is very thick and the right hand
leg of the 'A' of 'POSTA' is also very thick.
Three forgeries, apparently made by the same forger. Note the
very typical shape of the beard.
Another rather primitive forgery of the 2 gr stamp.
Forgery of the 50 g value. The '50' is very badly done in this
forgery.
Some forgeries with very large borders. The cancels are very
pronounced.
Page from a 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries' with a
forged Sicily 'horseshoe' cancel
A deceptive forgery made from a photograph, the small
photographic dots can still be seen in an enlargement (image
kindly set at my disposal by Benzy Keidar)
Forgeries made from photographs (or photo-lithographed?), offered in great quantities and sometimes even as 'reprints' on Internet auctions (2005). They are sold uncancelled but also with cancel. They are often offered together with other modern forgeries of the Italian States. There are many coloured dots in the white spaces of the design. When investigated closely, the design consists of small dots (from a computer-printer?). Also, the neck with crossed lined cannot be clearly distinguished (it has become all blurred):
So-called 'reprints', actually some kind of photograph or
photo-lithographed forgery
A forgery with cancel, possibly from the same source
These forgeries pasted on a forged letter to Valparaiso
I've seen another letter with these forgeries, also with the 'PALERMO 19 GEN 59 PARMENZA' and the red 'PIROSCAPI POSTALI FRANCESI' cancels.
Album Weeds lists seven kinds of forgeries. However, at this moment I don't have pictures of all of these forgeries.
What is this? A stamp in a similar design (embossed center), with 'F.RAGIUOLI' written at the bottom (essay?):
With 'R.FAGIUOLI' written at the bottom
Forgery of the 5 g value with '905' cancel. I have seen similar
forgeries of Sierra Leone and St.Chrisopher with the same cancel.
It also bears another cancel at the bottom (squarish?).
Forgery of the 50 gr value.
Very primitive forgeries of the 50 gr value.
Forgery with a strange bottom left part.
Other forgery.
Very dubious stamp
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