Papal State Stamp 80 Cent. 13 Perf.

Please I need your advise about the attached stamp picture , its Papal States stamp 80 cent. value .
the Catalogue said that there is 80 cent. stamp with lighter rose color and 13 perf. but it is very rare .




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These stamps have been faked so often there are more fakes than real ones in existance. You really need to post a much better picture, like a high definition scan

Peter

ok I will do but excuse me this stamp is not with me now and it is in an old stamp`s album . its used stamp and marked . so how it could be forged or fake , plz advise me.

Stamps were excessively forged in the first decades after they appeared. Stamp dealers reprinted them to sell in packets for space fillers. Be careful!

Peter

Thx a lot sir Peter5422 , you are my main reference .

The stamp comes in a variety of shades, yours looks like a 1890 David Cohn second printing.

The forgery indications are in Italics.It does not mean it is not a reprint.

dear Mr Floor Trader

Plz be noted that David Cohn printing stamps perf. were all 11.5 perf not 13 perf like mine

Dear Mr Perf.12

First I must thank you about your effort and advise .
Second plz be noted that your attached stamp picture is not like mine , ur looks like forged stamp yes and has 15 perf. while mine has 13 perf. or 13.25 as cataloque . plus you can see in urs there is no crosses on the 2 flags while mine has .

David Cohn stamps of the second printing were sold both imperf and perforated . The designs of the stamp tells me D. Cohn ,it is not unusual for them to have 11.5 perfs added later . The other 11.5 would be J.B.Moens 1878-89 dull finish perf. 11.5 ,yours doesn't look like that ,it has much finer detail.

hello; First of all I doubt that the post I made showed a forged stamp.
It was from the book (Antichi Stati Italiani Originali e falsi by
Antonelllo Cerruti And Luigi Guido).The crosses in the flag are not always perfectly done.The Scott cat. says perf 13 but this is an error.
Plus in your stamp; the frame lines are missing except for the bottom line which is very thin and weak;nothing like in the original...