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Mercury Issue - Forgery Or Reprint?

 
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Posted 08/15/2016   1:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add filipo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
So, I know that this stamps is not a genuine... but still not sure is it a reprint or a forgery. If it is a forgery, is it made Spiro or some other? Paper seems to be unusual... a thicker, with some kind of dots (more like a small dots-watermarks) visible on the light.


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Posted 08/15/2016   1:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add area66 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
of course it's a cheap no value forgery, look no ¨ over the A in Stampel. The fonts are way too heavy.

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Edited by area66 - 08/15/2016 2:00 pm
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Posted 08/15/2016   1:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add filipo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks!
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Posted 08/21/2016   12:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add area66 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lol, I purchase few pages of Austrian stamps and it come with the full set of Mercury ...of course all fakes , will provide a better image when I receive them






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Edited by area66 - 08/21/2016 12:55 pm
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Posted 08/23/2016   3:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add area66 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ok I receive them , they are not fake but reprint by the Government Authorities and from a modify die, the Letter "G" miss the cross bar , the colour are more brilliant too.

So I guess I will accept them as space filler for the moment





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Edited by area66 - 08/23/2016 3:23 pm
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Posted 08/24/2016   7:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add area66 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Actually I have to be more honest with myself, so I modify the pages to include them as reprints

This is why it's important to not be limited to printed albums

But still they give you a good indicator on what to expect with the missing one

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Edited by area66 - 08/24/2016 7:11 pm
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