(Genuine stamps)
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(Genuine stamps)
$1 red $2 green $2 red $4 green $4 black
I do not know if these stamps are genuine as well:
(Pony Express 4 Dollars)
Forgeries, examples:
(Forgery, reduced size)
Forgeries with the "ES" of "EXPRESS" joined,
I've been told that these forgeries were made by Taylor. Some of them with an elliptical
"PONY EXPRESS SERVICE" cancel and other with mute
cancels.
In this forgery of the 4 $ value, the tail of the horse is very
'bushy'.
A genuine 2 $ stamp with a bogus fancy 'jumping horse' cancel.
Very dubious items.
A 1 $ blue 'facsimile' stamp, the word 'Facsimile' is printed at
the back in red.
I've also seen the values 1 $ green, 1 $ red, 2 $ green, 2 $ red, 4 $ green and 4 $ black with this 'Facsimile' printed at the back of the stamps. The word 'Facsmile' is printed in green, black or red. In the 2 $ the '2' has no curved bottom, but is flat in these facsimiles. In the 4 $ value, the '4' is too small when compared to a genuine stamp.
(Genuine stamps)
10 c brown 25 c blue 25 c red
I've been told that the next stamps are 'reprints':
Note that the tail goes much higher in the above stamps than in
the genuine stamps.
A sheet with 5 columns of 5 values printed in black. They 4$
values have two lines across the stamps. They were made in 1897.
Forgeries of the 25 c blue and 25 c red stamps. The tail of the
horse is rather 'bushy'. The letters in "PONY EXPRESS"
have shading on them.
A souvenir sheet in a similar design, issued for the "Chicago Hobby Show 1935" with the word "FACSIMILE" written at the bottom:
(Genuine stamp)
(Genuine, reduced size)
$1 blue
I've been told that the next stamp is a reprint, I have no further information:
In most forgeries there is a line between '1/2 oz.' and '$1.00'.
(Forgery)
A forgery made by (or inspired by an image of) Moens. Next to it
the same forgery(?) in red color.
(genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction: http://www.siegelauctions.com/1999/817/yf817280.htm#293
)
(Paid, One Newspaper over our California Routes)
(I've been told that this stamp is forged)
(Paid, One Newspaper over our routes in the U.S.)
6 different types exist of these newspaper stamps: A black stamp with inscription 'TO BE DROPPED IN NEW YORK POST OFFICE' and 5 blue stamps ('OVER OUR CALIFORNIA ROUTES' (4 types) and type with inscription 'OVER OUR ROUTES IN THE US'.
I've been told that this stamp is a forgery made by the forger Taylor
Forgery, made by Taylor (first type)
Another forgery made by Taylor (different from the above one).
Very dubious stamp, most likely another forgery. The label with
"WELLS, FARGO & CO" is shorter.
Covers, example:
I've seen labels with the head of an Indian chief and inscription "WELLS FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS FRANK FOR FREE TRANSPORTATION OF SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ON COVER OF THIS BOOK" in 50 Pounds red (1905) and 50 Pounds blue (1904).
The Western Express Blacks Express
were forged by Georges
Carion. He added fake cancels to
genuine Wells Fargo envelopes. The following text can be found on
http://www.westerncoversociety.com/library/expresses/expresses_52.htm:
Most collectors of western material consider all Black &
Co.'s items to be recent fabrications. All of the known covers
are addressed to Samuel Grosh or Reynolds & Co. (considered
to be part of the Tandler correspondence) and have a genuine red
Wells Fargo Sacramento hand stamp applied to a stampless cover.
The Black & Co. Express franks were believed to have been
added to deceive buyers by Georges Carion, a Bay Area stamp
dealer; however, Wiltsee in his "Pioneer Miner and Pack Mule
Express" (p106) notes that it operated between Sacramento
and San Francisco but gives no information on its background.
(See also 'Philatelic Forgers their Lives and Works' by V.E.
Tyler for more information).
Carion forged envelope 'Samuel Grosh' envelope of Wells Fargo
with added forged 'Black & Co' cancel.
Most likely Carion forgeries of the 'Tandler collection'. Genuine
envelopes of the Wells
Fargo & Co with additional cancels
added to them.