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All Forums Category: World Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: World Classic Stamps Mint and Used

Greece, Hermes Head Paris Print Fake Or Not?

 
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korsbecker
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Posted 03/05/2017   11:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add korsbecker to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi

Forgive me for any errors, I'm new to this discussion forum..

I have this Hermes head from Greece I think it is a fine Paris print but I don't know if it is a fake... any comments are welcome..

Kind regards
Korsbecker
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Jkjblue
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The 10 L red orange on bluish paper Paris print has a control number that is unique - 8 mm high. (All other control number are 6.5 mm high.) How high is the control number?

http://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.co...s-heads.html
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perf12
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Nice specimen!
https://www.karamitsos.com/auctionL...0&lot=162915
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korsbecker
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Posted 03/06/2017   05:55 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add korsbecker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
@Jkjblue
Sorry I should of course have written that in my first post... Yes control number height are 8mm high.

And thank you for pointer to BB, I already know it and used it for identification of the stamp in discussion. A very very good site indeed.

@perf12
Thank you.
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tvorog
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IMO, Karamitsos' catalog (Hellas) is by far the best of the three major Greek specialized catalogs.

Its English is decent, its color representation is close to reality, it's explanations and variety listings are understandable and easy to use.
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ClassicalStamps
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I can confirm that it is not one of these known forgeries:

Spiro, Fournier, Oneglia or Alisaffi

More in-debth about forgeries of Hermes, see Ure, Vlastos and Feenstra
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korsbecker
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thank you all..

@tvorog
Thank you for pointer .. just ordered 2016 edition...

@ClassicalStamps
Tank you for your comment I'll try to find the references you point at. By the way I like your website http://stampforgeries.com though nothing on Greece... yet ;-)
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ClassicalStamps
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@korsbecker,

I'm glad you like it :-)

Greece is one of those countries where I'm overwhelmed with material.
I probably have several hundred images of various forgeries.
Time is something that I'm short of, however.
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