Question About Scott Catalog & Honduras 1898 6c

JESS----I agree with you ,that it appears real . I would send it to the APEX and have them issue a certificate .

Hi floortrader, Do you have a link to APEX certification? I scoured their site and couldn't find a thing about it...

So I did a little experiment. I searched ebay's current and completed items for "Honduras 1898". The search returned six results that were not listed as forgeries or reproductions, eight if you count three from one seller. I could probably find more by changing the search terms, but eight is a good sampling for now. Mine is on the right. What do you guys think?

JESS---go to the American Philatelic Society web site and you will find the expertizing service and details about it .

JESS----After you made this page ,with the discussions posted here I decided to redo my collection of the Honduras trains . Here is what I put in my forgery collection .

Well done, Trader. That is quite the display you have there. Now you have to go on ebay and buy some "Reproductions" to finish it off...

One thing I noticed about the forgeries is, they're not all that difficult to spot once you know what you're looking for. Of course, knowing is key. Otherwise it's a different ball game.

I'm curious about your type V category. Specifically the 6c, as it looks, at least from the picture, to be more similar to mine than the others I found... Are they "poor quality" originals, in the sense that they pass the forgery tests, or do they fail one of the forgery tests as well?