I have these two stamps that I think are Scott 179.
The first one looks to me like it has a forged cancel. Just looks wrong to me. It also has a strange shape on the forehead, that looks like the number 6 or letter b above the eye.
I'm assuming the "6" is normal. I checked a copy of mine and it also looks like a 6. I think it's just the way the engraving lines stack up. I also think the cancel is fine on the first one and is simply a Chicago duplex cancel with a clean strike. Why fake a cancel on a cheap stamp? Unused with gum catalogs at $700 while $25.00 used, no incentive to put a fake cancel on this stamp.
I have far too many forgeries in my collection. So when I see something that does not look quite right, I just assume its a wrong un, until I am told otherwise.
It used to really annoy me when I found one. But lately, forgeries seem to fetching good money. In some cases, more than the real thing. Some love them, some hate them. I am somewhere in the middle.
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Posted 02/20/2018 5:34 pm
