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US Scott #rb11 Fake Or Facsimile?

 
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Posted 10/18/2026   12:43 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add revenuecollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm trying to determine whether an item was a fake intended to deceive and avoid the tax, or a facimile produced after the tax expired, and also the story behind it. My opinion leans toward the latter, but I've not found any articles on it.

First, some examples of genuine RB11:

RB11a - paper has blue silk threads.




RB11b - No silk threads, watermarked 191R




RB11c - Rouletted 5




I recall having seen crude fakes/facsimiles in imperforate multiples in an auction balance lot at one time. Richard Friedberg has an example in his inventory:

https://www.friedbergstamps.com/cat...316a2ad19926



My thought is facsimile rather than fake, as it is missing the wording "U.S. INTER. REV." and "PROPRIETARY" around the portrait oval. If the intent was to deceive, wouldn't the creators have included the wording?

Fast forward to the Stateline MSDA show this past weekend, where I was offerend the following stamp, which is a similar design as the above, but fully perforated. This is the first perforated example I have seen, and appears to be on different paper.

For a second I thought it might be a college/training stamp, but it's not listed in the Drummond catalogue.

Thoughts?

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Edited by revenuecollector - 10/18/2026 12:44 pm

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my first thought when seeing this image was that it is a college/training stamp. Not being included in Drummond's book doesn't exclude it from being one. Interesting that it doesn't have any wording and just the "one cent". The example shown has been very crudely perforated, manually? But, I have no additional information about the provenance/history, so a free opinion it is...
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