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Fake Two Pence Blue?

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Posted 10/14/2018   11:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pennyblackie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The 2 stamps I posted look like they are printed from the exact same "plate" or template. If you observe the rays on the upper left corner of both stamps, they look the same. The wordings "two pence" at the bottom look fat compared to the real ones.
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France, Metropolitan
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Posted 10/14/2018   12:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well; there are some small différences in the 2 stamps.The Bottom left of the neck is
pointed rather than rounded as in the Grosvenor stamp.In the hair some spots are different.In the chignon for example.I don't know too what extent printing impressions
can change from one stamp too another with these stamps.The letters are bolder and brighter
than in the Grosvenor stamp.No bluish cast;but that is perhaps because the photo is in high contrast.The small vertical line in the top of the Q can be found in both stamps......

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Posted 10/14/2018   1:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pennyblackie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Perf12, thanks for the meticulous effort in showing the fake and genuine stamps. This could be an attempt at forging a plate 2. The fatter fonts on the fake stamp is pretty obvious even without looking at the neckline even though you have rightly pointed out the difference. The line at the 'Q' is interesting, I would have expected the forger to pay more careful attention to the size of the fonts rather than the line at the Q.
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Posted 10/14/2018   1:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Some cliches the neck can be pointed;so beware of that.As far as the letters go ;this could be an optical illusion from the photo which is not calibrated too the true colors.

see in the block the different neck tips.
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Edited by perf12 - 10/14/2018 1:23 pm
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