SWITZERLAND forgeries of the 1850 issue, part 1

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Forgeries of the 1850 issue, part 2,
Forgeries of the 1850 issue, part 3 (Sperati)
Forgeries of the 1850 issue, part 4 (Fournier)

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Many forgeries exists, they are often hard to distinguish from genuine stamps because many types of the genuine stamps exist as well. Examples of forged stamps:

"ORTSPOST" forgery with a very pointed left hand side of the horn.

A rather common forgery of the 'ORTS-POST' stamp.

I've been told that this forgery was made somewhere in the 1960's

Two very dubious items with mute cancels

Two forgeries of the 5 rp stamps with the same background pattern. Possibly made by the same forger.

More forgeries of the 5 rp stamps with the same background pattern. The pattern does not seem to agree with any of the genuine types.

Two very similar forgeries of the 10 Rp stamps. The bottom part of the posthorn is broken in both stamps. The background patterns seem to be slightly different.

Panelli forgeries:

I've been told that the above forgery of the 15 Rp stamp is a Panelli forgery. This particular forgery has the overprint 'Marke falsch' (=stamp forged in German).

I've also seen this forgery with a "FAUX" overprint in the Fournier Album. Forgeries of the 1850 issue, part 4 (Fournier). Note the peculiar way in which the ribbon hangs at the left hand side.

Two 'POSTE LOCALE' forgeries

(Another pair made by the same forger, with and without cancel)

These forgeries also have the same background pattern; this background does not correspond to any of the genuine background patterns

These forgeries have the same background pattern. Note the weird shape of the '1' in 'RAYON 1'. In the Poste Locale stamps the words 'POSTE LOCALE' are with too large lettering. Also note that in the 15 Cts the '15' is placed too far to the right.