US Fakes And Forgeries

Here is a REAL release letter from the OLD CAPITOL PRISON , that I own . It refers to a release from prison of a secessionist who took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States .

floortrader...If you have loose fakes/forgeries might I suggest placing them in a nice folder as I have done here..I have lots more in this binder, but here is a couple to get an idea as how to present it..Just an idea.
Robert

very nice pages ROBERT ,your pages are impressive with nice lay outs.
I collect such a vast area that I just do it by hand ,you got to remember I think of fakes and forgeries in the thousands and think of my worldwide stamp collection in numbers like 300,000 going to 500,000 different stamps .I will work on a subject and then not go back to it for years .

floortrader: It looks like you have built a very advanced professional reference stamp collection.

WOW...nice..Once you get it organized to where you feel comfortable displaying it, then maybe a good web site is in order..

Bill, great to know that help is on the way! I'd like to purchase your book when available as well.
Thanks for the feedback.

Another fake cover ,it was offered for $500.00 , This is what is written on the back of the cover in fine pencil ------"it got a negative CSA cert, then it got a bad cert. from P.S.E. cert . IN 1992 which stated a fake handstamp added .This cover belived unique,but listed in Antriw a prison book as not genuine----I am unconvinced JEM"

Can anyone help me with these two fakes . It looks like it is signed on the back with GWU in the middle with "fake" on top ,with the date on the bottom 8-7-1953 .

Whoever "GWU" was (I never saw these initials before and have no idea who is was) wasn't bashful about writing rather heavily on the gum - which is harmless if he was correct. Not so much if he wasn't.......(but I agree that both are fake).

Since I am just learning about identifying fake coils I wonder if you could explain what you see to make these fakes? My guess is the 391 is made from a 384 Imp and was re-perforated. I don't see any fibers in the perfs and they look a bit round. The 444 appears to be made from a 409 Imp and has the same characteristics as the above as well. While it could be a 425e booklet pane (need to see watermark direction)that has been trimmed or trimmed 405? The top edge on the 444 looks a bit off? Can't really tell if height/width falls within the "good" range without a measurement.

What do the experts see?? I really need to improve my IDing skills on these coils as my Fake page is growing!

Go to my website. Click onto "Articles" then loook for "Expertizing Coils". See if that helps.

http://www.stampexpertizing.com/

Most unused fake perf 12 coils were made from imperforate coils or strips cut, usually not carefully enough, from imperforate sheets. Most perf 12 and perf 10 used examples are trimmed sheet stamps.

Clark