Swiss Basel Dove 1845

http://www.ebay.com/itm/26255806876...RK:MEBIDX:IT

Could this possibly be real? No certificate, started at 0.99

I cannot be said to be an expert on these stamps in any way.
To my untrained eye, generally speaking, the stamp does not look as sharp in design and arrangement as it should.

I doubt it's real. Nothing about expertization, no mention of a certificate. Interesting; he lives in Germany but says no sales there- why? He got one negative in a relatively short selling career and left what looks like a smart alec reply to it. Never a good sign.

After researching a bit more, one glaring indication of forgery is the missing dot in the right frame line around the dove. I will be interested to see what it goes for. Wolf-==-

It is a fake .

I don't think he means no sales in Germany, but, rather, no postage costs within Germany.

That CDS certainly looks like a modern rubber stamp

If the stamp is embossed that make a nice forgery and I will pay up to ??? For it

The usual rule applies. If it looks too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.

the seller cancel my bid

Would you like to tell us why your bid was cancelled?

Cancelled: US $20.00
Explanation: Not accepted

Very strange indeed! Why wouldn't the seller want more money for his item. A curious dude for sure. I viewed his other listings and there are a bunch of German occupation in Sudetenland listed. Even though those might catalog for a bunch of money, they rarely get more than a small percentage of the CV because of the huge potential for fakes. As note..The non shipment in country (as I read it) might have to do with the laws against any Nazi related items being sold there. There are swastikas on all (or most) the Sudetenland overprints and I suspect he just has a canned copy of his shipping requirements and just pasted it regardless of the actual item he is selling. I do wonder why he has such a low seller score. He probably has 40K CV listed as we speak. Cheers! Wolf-==-

May be he want buy it under another name, so he keep the bid low

Not positive about this ----But----If you sell a fake stamp in Germany it has to be marked as a fake.It has to be advertised as a fake also.