Kochersperger Penny Post Stamp

We have inherrited a stamp from our late father. We need information regarding this stamp. Where och who can tell if it is fake or real. As we have read on this site and on internet, it can be either. Can anybody please guide us how to proceed.

Yes search for ["Blood's Penny Post" + "Stamp"]

http://www.siegelauctions.com/enc/c.../bloods.html

you might have luck here too - http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2...1&img=1&pg=6

There are a couple specialists on these penny post stamps on SCF so check back often! Neat stamp! Thank you for showing it!

Here is perhaps another resource for you to look through? - http://www.pennypost.org/contents-2005.html

USPCS is highly respected and regarded as a go-to reference for almost anything US in origin - http://www.uspcs.org/carriers-local...ocal-stamps/

According to Larry Lyon's 3-volume book on carrier and locals reprints and forgeries, the Blood's "Henry Clay" stamp was likely a genuine emission of the Blood's Post under Kochersperger's management. They are not known used. They were probably prepared for use but were not issued.
He lists an "original," a "reprint," and "Forgeries A-I."
The original has a cross-hatched background in the inner oval. The reprint has a solid background. There are various things that can be used to identify the different forgeries.

It is probably of very limited value, as it was "cancelled" in order to deceive a potential purchaser into thinking that it was a real stamp.
Sorry.
C.

It is believed to be a trial color with the usual number of colors, blue, red, green, orange, yellow, brown and black. The stamp was never issued probably because Kochersperger lost interest in the business. The business was turned over to two employees. At the outbreak of the Civil War Kochersperger became a Union Office. He may have entered the army sooner, but he did reach the rank of Lt Col.