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Russian Forgeries Question

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Posted 02/05/2023 07:17 am

Below Russia #40 in the standard Scott catalog is a statement that forgeries exist in both used and unused condition, but no mention is made, and no illustrations are given regarding how to distinguish good from bad.

Can any students or experts of Russian philately shed light on the subject and provide images?

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Posted 02/05/2023 07:33 am

You need a member with Fournier Catalogue
~~(Perhaps vert Laid paper?)~~

Rogdcam is the "go to" with Russian

Not listed in worldwide forgeries

https://www.ebay.com/usr/terryzemstvo

https://www.stamp-collecting-world....ps_1857.html

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Edited by rod222 - 02/05/2023 07:40 am

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Posted 02/05/2023 09:09 am

Morning All - Fournier did a great job with the paper for his Scott 40 forgery but as always the devil is in the details. Below are images of a genuine 40 (top) and a Fournier forgery (bottom). When you see the two together and focus on the eagle and in particular the post horns it is obvious which is which. If you just had the Fournier by itself you could be fooled for sure.

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Posted 02/05/2023 10:53 am

A nice link about Fournier Finnish & Russian forgeries
https://www.jiv.dk/finland/fake_fournier.php

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Posted 02/05/2023 11:16 am

For the forgeries of Scott #39-40, see the relevant pages (84-89) in Lobachevski's "Imperial postage stamps of Russia issued in 1857-1888" in the Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately #94-95:

https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu...j?seartmp=no

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