Are these Essays or maybe counterfeit? The image does not look of sufficient quality to me, the back is not gummed and looks like a manila folder, and does not appear new. (There is no no. 8 or no.9.
For the actual stamps, quick check is: wide margins = fakes
I am not aware of any essays, so I don't know the criteria. However, even if they were possible essays, there are some definite fakes in your pics based on design criteria alone. So I would say it is a good bet that the whole batch is nothing more than fakes, rather than possible essays.
It's a lot easier checking forgery details when all the stamps are in the correct orientation.
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Posted 10/08/2012 7:39 pm
