Cape Good Hope Woodblock - What Do You Think?

I found this stamp in a collection I bought. The collector apparently paid a dealer $200 for it.

Shouldn't 4 pence by blue?, unless it's vermilion or carmine error. SG says that this issue should be printed on Laid paper.

It looks like a forgery I would send it in for a cert. It could come back as a good red four pence .

Did you notice the space between the F & OUR? I checked Siegel's database and the woodblocks they've sold don't have this space. I wondered if this was a known forgery?

You can see Spiro, Fournier and Senf forgeries of the 4p Woodblock compared to genuine here:

http://stampforgeries.com/forged-st...triangle-4d/

Note that Fournier made a '4p' forgery of the 1d red:
http://stampforgeries.com/forged-st...triangle-1d/

Great web site, thanks for the link. I sent an image of this stamp to the APS QuickID service. Their comment was:

Quick ID Findings: This appears to be a counterfeit of Cape of Good Hope, Scott No. 9g. Formal APEX certification is recommended to confirm.

If you have any questions, please include the APS QuickID #1580 with your request. Remember that the statements in this report are opinions rendered from the examination of a computer scan of a stamp or cover, and not from the item itself. In some cases, we may recommend that formal certification by the American Philatelic Expertizing Service (APEX) be considered.

I was hoping someone might recognize it as a forgery so I could save $30.

That's the problem with the wood blocks, they were made locally which made them look like the crude forgeries. They didn't have the high tech equipment like de la rue.