Fake Two Pence Blue?

Doesn't look right to me, any opinions?

Agree. Doesn't look right. The paper looks too new, and dazzlingly white. Perfect Maltese Cross for good measure.

On the other hand, it's only a photo so can't be 100 percent sure, but I would be very cautious.

fake as hell. Wrong letter types___ grotesque "T'' "H" ect

There are 9 bidders for this as of yesterday shockingly.

There are 13 bids for another fake from the same seller!

I have reported this seller's fake listings. So far I spotted 3 fake two pence blue he put up for sale with intense bidding. His penny blacks look sound though.

Perf12,

I could be wrong but is your answer in the correct thread as image shown does not seem to show a 2 pence stamp.

Yes mix up.. just a pic genuine + forgery..

Please just link to the items, uploading screenshots is just a waste of disk space.

Bobby131313, if not mistaken, I think forummers are encouraged to post images rather than links.

IMO, pennyblackie's second forgery pic is much more useful. Details and print surface show these as a rather crude forgeries.

The lettering on the stamp is off for all the two pence blues sold by this seller. The blue background looks every bit like a modern print. I am just shocked that the people bidding are unaware, or are people genuinely interested to collect poor examples of forgery?

New members yes, Please post a link next time.

I message the seller and pointed out that the blues he is selling are fakes and this was the reply:

"Hello,

I´m sorry but you are very much mistaken! I don´t sell fakes!! ALL stamps I sell are 100% authentic. I give a full guarantee to that effect.

It may be the bad quality of my photos. I just have and iPhone4 so the quality is inferior.

However, again, I respectfully disagree with you entirely. I would never dream of selling a fake, let alone selling a fake pretending it is real!!!

Kind regards,

Gregory"


He seems adamant about the authenticity of those stamps, I can't believe it!

Both stamps look genuine plate 2 stamps... looks like he had adjusted the gamma/contrast to enhance the red of the cancels? or just the way it was photographed. Genuine stamps in my opinion.

Genuine on the left.