U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1167
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1840-1960 Worldwide - Forgery and Reference collection of 1,000+, mostly laid out on pages, some with accompanying certificates, with United States (inverted centers, faked coils and imperforate pairs), Argentina, Colombia (four multicolor Air Post adhesives), Japan (first issue, also C1-2), Belgium (5fr), Egypt (Port Fouad), Latvia (C9-13), Luxembourg (first souvenir sheet), Norway (No.1 cleaned and regummed), Poland (Krakow issue), Germany, with American Zone and Berlin, also souvenir sheets with with fake cancels, plus Saar, Danzig and Schleswig, Italy with Air Post, also Fezzan overprints (all "key" items with postage dues and parcel post, each handstamped "forgery" on reverse), Vatican City (provisional surcharges in blocks of four) and others, some on cover. Included are forgeries made by Spiro, Fournier, Panelli and Jeffreys, plus stamps with cancels or Specimen overprints removed, color changelings, fake cancels and more. An important group for a historian, student and expert
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #1168
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1850-1900 Worldwide Forgeries (Spiro), selection of various perf. and imperf. sheets of 25 or larger, also singles and blocks, including Mauritius (engraved), Romania, Danish West Indies, Egypt, Turkey, Spain, Italian States, Finland, German States, Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, interesting and useful lot
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1169
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1840-1940 Worldwide, balance of a reference collection, with hundreds of better stamps and covers, many with clear certificates, others with certificates which describe numerous problems, fake overprints, forged cancels etc., interesting and worthwhile lot
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #1170
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1850-1880 Sperati Forgeries, selection of 18 mostly "used", each handstamped "Sperati Reproduction" on back, with six Switzerland Cantonals, six German States (Bavaria, Oldenburg, Saxony), others from Parma, Roman States, Naples, also France (Bordeaux Issue and Postage Due), fine and scarce group
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1171
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1840-1960 Great Britain and British Commonwealth - Forgery and Reference collection of 1,000+ mostly laid out on pages, some with accompanying certificates, with Great Britain, Australia, Bermuda, Burma, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, St. Vincent, British East Africa, Cape of Good Hope Mafeking issues and others, many overprints and surcharges, some on cover, also forgeries made by Spiro, Fournier, Panelli and Jeffreys. Also included stamps with cancels or Specimen overprints removed, color changelings, fake cancels and more. An important group for a historian, student and expert
Price Realized
$18,000.00

Lot #1172
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1850-65 Cape of Good Hope Triangles, Forgery and Reference collection of 500+ used and unused, all values represented, with lithographed and engraved items by Spiro, Fournier, "woodblocks" including "errors" and multiples, occasional photographs and variety of postmarks, some "facsimile" overprints removed, also balance of an exhibit on pages, last shown at the Philatelic Congress held at Pretoria on 13th October 1934 (!), with many different types of items. An interesting group for a specialist
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1173
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1850-1944 France, Forgery and Reference group of 80+ items including First Issue, Sperati and Fournier items, sheets, tete-beche, 1fr vermilion, some covers, Air Post, souvenir sheet, also some France Libre overprints
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1174
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FORGERIES
1850-65 Mexico, Forgery and Reference group of six covers including Don Eduardo Fornachon correspondence fabricated bisects on covers (three negative Mepsi certificates), De Thuin forgeries, also Eagle Issue 3c reprints with forged district name and dates, plus five Hidalgo fakes, fine lot
Price Realized
$1,100.00

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