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This is my collection of CSA stamps. I have only recently started reading this site, and I'm flabbergasted by the number of CSA fakes being found and discussed. I almost don't want to know what's in my collection, but, I do ... Any opinions on what I have here? Is the scan good enough? And can anyone tell the difference between the CSA11 and CSA12? 
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It's good to have some feedback - thanks. I had been waffling on the CSA11 in the middle, but now feel confident the first two are CSA11 and the one on the right is CSA12. |
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Yes, the 12 also has an outline around the border which you can see in your scan. I'm wondering if you 6 and 7 might be New York forgeries. A better scan would help. The white circles in the 6 pointed stars are generally smaller than on the originals. Also the middle cross stroke on the F in five is shorter, and there will be a small dot of colour on just to the upper right beside the top left star. If so, then of course the cancellation on the right hand stamp would also be forged.
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It is not possible to render opinions based upon this single distorted scan of multiple stamps at a distance. |
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Thanks for the new scans MistakeWereMade. I think I can confirm now that your unused Davis, the one you had listed as a #6 is a New York forgery. Compare the middle cross bar with that of your used version, and note how much shorter it is. Also the other aspects I mentioned in my first post, the difference in the white circles of the stars, and the telltale dot next to the upper left star. No big deal, I don't figure. Counterfeits are all part of collecting CSA, as far as I'm concerned. I like 'em! |
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When I was 9 or 10 years old, I went to the old 2nd Sunday Stamp Show in Meriden, CT. One of the bourse dealers was selling a 'set' of 6 or 7 Confederate States stamps for, like, $10. They were all clean and unused!!!! So, I asked, "Are these real?" The dealer said, something like, "Of course they are. Otherwise I wouldn't be selling them." I bought them and, OF COURSE, they were fakes, which I found out a couple of years later. As a 12 or 14 year old, I went back to the dealer and 'confronted' him about it, and all he could say was that they are 'obvious' fakes, so he couldn't have possibly sold them to me. LOVELY dealer, ripping off a 10 year old kid! That was my first 'lesson' about buying stamps, and trust, and have never forgotten it, even after more than 45 years. To the dealer's credit, this lesson was more valuable than the price of the fakes. But still - A 10 YEAR OLD KID???? |
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Thanks to all of you for providing the links, info, and letting me know I have a genuine New York forgery on my hands! I'll definitely add a note, but keep it in my collection as it's interesting to me to have discovered it.
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