Rare Austria Newspaper Stamp 1856! $$$$$? Red Mercury

Here's a 600dpi scan of the Fournier forgery

thanks for the research.

So I am sort of confused , is this forgery worth anything or not ?

Again, it would need to be sent in for certification and see what it comes back as.

ok the question is who makes forgeries pre 1950s .... or even 1940s ....

This book has not been opened since the 40s or 50s, it was sitting in a glass case display in a museum since the 1950s .....

The most relevant owner is sure of that.

Like many have said, that claim that you continually make, cannot be substantiated without proof. What Museum was is and why was it in the museum in the first place? Can you provide any pictures of the book and the various pages.

Not doubting your claims but it is quite "stretching" the truth.

Francois Fournier the famous Stamp forger died in 1917 so forgeries were obviously made before 1917.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C...mp_forger%29

Spiro Brothers forgeries go back before the turn of the 19th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Spiro

Most Stamp forgeries were done well before 1930.

Several famous works on forgeries were written in the 1800's, including Album Weeds, which is still referenced from time to time. The Serrane Guide dates from the late 1920's.

The production of forgeries started shortly after the production of postage stamps.

Hi,

I was doing some sifting through some things that I have had for 50 - 55 years and I came across a stamp that I had saved because I couldn't identify it (I was 12 at the time). I do know NOW with the help of this forum. It appears to be an 1856 Red Mercury, however after doing a lot of research, it appears to be a forgery. Can anyone on this forum confirm my suspicions that it is in fact a forgery and also give me any information as to the age and the forger?

Many thanks in advance,

Ernie

Hi Ernie, and welcome to the forum. I am no expert but if you go back a few threads a picture of the real thing is shown. The real one has an Umlaut ( two dots ) on the A of Stampel. Yours does not, sorry!

Peter

Unfortunately, this particular stamp (Scott #P3) is frequently a forgery (along with P2). In fact if you said you discovered one, before looking I'd assume a forgery before genuine, especially if it was unused.

A lot of forgeries with the US newspaper stamps as well.

Hello,

Here is a scan of a set I have.
What do you think? Does it look like the forgery or not?
They are traces of hinges an the gum is on.

Best,
Dominik

Here is close up of the red one.

We`re told that this one is genuine.



Your stamp`s `G` has no crossbar and the corners just don`t look right to me, especially the bottom two

Here is one of my forgeries --