387A Counterfeit Stamp

Found this stamp in a box lot purchased recently. Thought I hit the lottery until I turned it over and saw something that didn't look right. Put it under the USB Microscope and found the joke was on me:






The joke wasn't funny.

A little early for April 1st. What will your next step be?

Next step! Prank someone else. It is a poormans facsimilie.

gettinold

Next step ebay as fast as you can...haha

Robert

My next step will be to turn it to ash. Why let it ruin someone else's day?

Feel free to spoil my day,
send it to me, and I'll send 100 Australian in return.

I have a collection of "hijinx" stamps.

Now there is an offer from Rod222 that is hard to refuse, especially if you have extra used, even mint copies and a razor blade.

Thanks No1, but no,
I don't want facsimiles, I want the original (fascsimile)

I would love to own an original. Saw it at auctions but that $3500 + pricetag was just a bit above what I could afford.

I do believe I already own one of those "manufactured" inverts. It was also in a collection I received part of after the owner passed away.

No1

2019 Unitrade value 10,000. 25,000 on cover.

Rod

e-mail me your mailing address and you can have it. I haven't set it on fire yet.

Great! didn't expect that, when one offers to buy, suddenly people want to keep stuff

Send me your address by return mail, and we shall see who's stamps arrive the first

In 2007, I sent out 10 of my own "inverted swan"
They never turned up on any forum, probably set alight also

This reminded me of the time I sent the following stamp on a letter to my uncle who was a formidable Canadian stamp collector.

I had done the same trick as the first entry. I thought he would be amazed and leave his collection to me in his will.
Sadly, he did not notice the stamp and threw away the envelope.
(And left his collection to someone else;)

SAD
Robert

Tom,
received your forged invert, thank you very much
That was the fastest delivery from the US for me, in 10 years.

I was gobsmacked at what you paid for postage, please, never do that again, I was expecting a $3 cover.
If I can allay some cost, let us know what country you collect and I'll send duplicates.

Thanks for the "extras" as well

My stamps to you, will be another 10 days away, if I guess right.

rod

Don't worry about the postage. Happy you like the stamp. I wasn't happy with the emotional roller coaster it put me thru and turning it into smoke, while a fitting sentence, wasn't something the collector in me could stomach. Sending it to the other side of the planet will put enough distance between me and it to allow me to forget I ever stumbled across it.

I'll let you know when your package arrives.