A selection of album leaves with forgeries(F), reprints(R), Unissued (U) or Bogus(B) issues from: Azerbaijan c1918 set of 6 imperf(B), Turkistan c1921 set of 5(B?), Morocco(Spanish PO in Tangier) c1940 opts on Spain(6)(U), Yugoslavia 1923-24 forged surcharges (3) on genuine stamps(F). Upper Silesia 1920 opts on Germany Officials (SG O32/44) a range of 14 inverted or sideways opts from printer's waste(U), Greece 1889-95 20L imperf forgery with...
Sale #83 worldwide Collections
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UPA UPA Sale #83 worldwide Collections
UPA83 - Sale Description
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Results / Invoices Issued : Friday 8th October 2021, 4pm onwards
Sale of Unsold Lots : 8th October 2021, 6pm onwards until 1st November 2021, 10am
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Lot #28 - General - Forgeries 1900-13
BOSNIA & HERZGOVINIA 1900 Change of currency issue x 14 values between 1h black & 5k grey-green, all unused, a few perf faults, also 1913 Newspaper stamps forgeries x 4 values both imperf & perf, with a genuine mint 10h for comparison. All on album leaves. (23 stamps) {F} (Start Price = £25.60)
Lot #29 - General - Forgeries 1860-76
BRITISH GUIANA forgeries of 1c black imperf & perf., plus 2c orange imperf & 12c grey imperf, all 'used' with fake cancels.(4) {F} (Start Price = £17.60)
Lot #30 - General - Forgeries 1875-1909
BRITISH WEST AFRICA GAMBIA: 6d(SG17a) with right hand top corner torn from stamp & restored, 1886 2½d blue forgery & genuine examples and 1909 KEVII 10d ith forged Macarthy Island cds. GOLD COAST: QV 1d blue forgery & genuine examples plus 2/(SG 19) with fiscal pen cancel removed.(7) {F} (Start Price = £30.40)
Lot #31 - General - Forgeries
BRITISH WEST INDIES Forgery of Bahamas £1 QV, marginal with forgery imprint on reverse, also Cayman Is KGVI Green Turtle 1/- (SG 144) forgery in a similar colour to the 1d (SG 137) with a genuine 1d mint. The £1 will make an impression in your collection even if there is no great value added! (image available) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #32 - General - Forgeries 1938
BULGARIA Air stamps set of 4 forgeries & genuine set(SG 316a-319a) on album page with identification of differences. (8) {F} (Start Price = £21.60)
Lot #33 - General - Forgeries 1905
CRETE Revolutionary Assembly issue x 5 values to 2d forgeries, also a genuine set of the same. Good reference material (10) {F} (Start Price = £17.60)
Lot #34 - General - Forgeries 1866-88
EGYPT An album page of Forgeries with SG 3 20 pa, SG 6 5pi, 1867 value 10pa, 1pi, 2pi(2 shades) all forgeries with faked postmarks, 1982 Penasson 2pi &used & 5pi green imperf used(unwatermarked) & 1888 postage due 5pi wth fake cancel & no wmk. Also 3 Suez Canal Co forgeries (5c, 20c & 40c) imperf, faults. A very interesting reference group (12) {F} (Start Price = £43.20)
Lot #35 - General - Forgeries 1874
FIJI Forged overprints & cancels on 2c on 1d & 12c on 6d rose, useful reference copies {F} (Start Price = £21.60)
Lot #36 - General - Forgeries
GREAT BRITAIN Facsimiles of 1d Mulready cover, 1d black on Illustrated cover, block of 4 & single x 1d blacks on fancy illustrated cover with blue MX cancels, 1d red imperf on faked Windsor FDC, etc, also a couple of forged Machin values (2nd & 24p). Unusual offering (4 album pages) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #37 - General - Forgeries 1940-41
GUERNSEY KGV 2d bisect on cover with a faked Guernsey St.Peter cancel of a type not used at that time. Cover faults. Unusual! {F} (Start Price = £17.60)
Lot #38 - General - Forgeries 1862-70
HONG KONG A small group of four Spiro 'used' forgeries of QV values: 12c, 24c, 30c & 48c, all with fake cancels, also genuine 8c & 10c used. Useful reference.(6) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #39 - General - Forgeries 1859
IONIAN ISLANDS Forgeries of the ½d, 1d(3) & 2d. With faked cancels. {F} (Start Price = £17.60)
Lot #40 - General - Forgeries 1941-44
JERSEY ½d & 1d Arms forgeries in complete sheets of 25, also GUERNSEY ½d, 1d, 2½d Arms forgeries & a genuine 1d. Useful group.(54 stamps) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #41 - General - Forgeries 1915-52
KUT TANGANYIKA KGV SG 94 10c genuine & a forged colour change example; K.U.T.: 1952 KGVI 30c fine used and a chemically treated attempt to create a 'rare shade'. MAFIA ISLAND: Genuine I.E.F. overprinted stamps of India with forged overprints on 3p, «a & 1a. Very interesting group(7) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #42 - General - Forgeries 1876
LIBERIA Forgeries of the 6c red, 12c & 24c(2) all used with forged cancels & 1c(2 shades) & 6c (violet) unused. All written up on album page. Useful reference items. A couple of minor faults. Fine (7) {F} (Start Price = £30.40)
Lot #43 - General - Forgeries 1847/1905
MAURITIUS A small collection on 3 pages with Facsimile of SG1, a German repro of the SG2 on a presentation card. 1897 36c faked shade, 1891 Two cents on 4c forgeries of inverted opt & double opt., 2c on 30c on 9d faked double surcharge, one inverted. 1860 6d green litho forgery, 1900-05 15c black & blue on blue value omitted forgery(RPS cert) & genuine Provisional SG 121b double overprint v.fine used. {F} (Start Price = £77.60...
Lot #44 - General - Forgeries 1910-35
MOROCCO AGENCIES A small group with Morocco Agencies 1935 Jubilee ½d with faked error of opt., Tangier faked opts on GB KGV ½d & 1½d(2), Levant faked opts on GB KEVII 2½d blue & KGV 1d and Bermuda QV 1d with faked Gibraltar opt & faked cancel. Interesting group. {F} (Start Price = £30.40)
Lot #45 - General - Forgeries 1892-93
MOROCCO LOCALS Mazagan-Marrakesh Post x 6 forgeries of the 2nd issue unused(5) or 'used'(1); Tangier-Fez Post x 12 values to 5fr(m & u). Also a bogus issue of 5 pictorial stamps inscribed 'Postes Maroc'. Nice group for the specialist(23) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #46 - General - Forgeries 1870-88
NETHERLANDS INDIES 3rd issue x 7 'used' forgeries of values between 1c & 2½g. Also Suriname 1892-3 forgery & genuine examples of SG6725c ultramarine. Useful for reference!(8) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #47 - General - Forgeries
PORTUGAL & COLONIES 1885 50r green reprint with faked cancel; Angola 1870-85 5r & 25r 'used' forgeries., St Thomas & Prince 1870-75 20r forgery with 50r (genuine), also Angola 1911-29 Charity Tax 50r blue forgery & genuine used examples. (7 stamps) {F} (Start Price = £34.40)
Lot #48 - General - Forgeries 1919-21
POZNAN PROVISIONALS SG62 genuine mint & a forgery of SG65 (10 on 40pf), Postage dues 10 blue & 15 orange red perf 11(forgeries), also 1921 Temporary Air Service sdtamps 25m(3) & 100m(2), 'used' with a description of the history of this issue. Possibly forgeries. {F} (Start Price = £25.60)
Lot #49 - General - Forgeries 1917-92
RUSSIA A small selection of Bogus issues or reprints/forgeries with Western Army forgeries of 1918-20 both imperf(7) & perf(8); 1920 Ukraine 1kop unissued & 'used'.; 1920 White Russia perf & imperf set of 5(unissued), 1992 25r definitives mint block of 4 forgeries & used single, with genuine examples for comparison. Also 1917 Russian Offices in China x 3 forgeries of surcharge on genuine stamps + 2 genuine examples. A very...
Lot #50 - General - Forgeries 1867-1905
SERBIA 1867-8 1p newspaper stamp imperf printed in litho, instead of typo; 1905 Definitive values 20, 25, 30, 50paras & 5dinars (1960'(?) Reprint) & 1911 3pa claret definitive printed in litho instead of typo. Useful reference stamps(7) {F} (Start Price = £30.40)
Lot #51 - General - Forgeries 1875-1903
SOUTH AFRICA NATAL 'Half' on 1d wrong watermark(CA instead of CC), 'One Half Penny on 1d fogery & genuine, 'Postage on 6d violet forged opt., Half Penny on 6d with added perfs, KEVII £1.10s cleaned & repostmarked. NEW REPUBLIC: 1886-87 1d & 4d fakes on yellow paper &2 x 1d on blued paper, both with genuine example at side, also CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1/- Hpoe Seated used forgery & 1893 1d on 2d with 'no stop' variety obtained...
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