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Polish Stamp Reprint From 1919

 
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Posted 02/09/2020   6:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add polkaonthebanjo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
What does "reprint" mean on this stamp?


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Posted 02/09/2020   8:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nigelc to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hello polkaonthebanjo,

I think in this case it means "forgery". :(

The original stamp is rare with only 2,050 printed.

I believe this is a forgery.
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Posted 02/09/2020   8:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Roberto59 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hello.
I don't think it's a reprint, but an overprint.
Poland was part of the Russian empire and the Austro-Hungarian empire until it disintegrated in 1918 and the new states were born
They overloaded the stamps they had while making theirs.
Regards.
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Posted 02/09/2020   8:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Roberto59 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I also think it's false, the letters are more coarse than the original ones.
Perhaps it refers to a reprint of the overload.


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Posted 02/09/2020   8:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add waddsbadds to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
If this stamp were genuine, it would be Scott 42 in Poland, and is one of the Cracow Issues, Scott #'s 41-71. An advisory statement just before this section states that All Cracow issues have been extensively counterfeited. Competent expertization is necessary. The basic stamp without the overprint is extremely common and catalogues for 25 cents. The one with the genuine overprint catalogues for $625.00 (2015 price). In many cases where an overprint vastly increases the value of a stamp, there have been numerous forgeries. This is probably because an overprint is the easiest aspect of a stamp to forge, because all other aspects: the basic stamps, including paper, color, printing technique, watermark if any, perforation etc. are all genuine and don't need to be faked. Reprints are a result of the government reissuing the original stamp, usually from the same plate. This is not a reprint, but almost certainly a forgery. Forgery and counterfeit are more or less interchangeable terms and refer to stamps created to defraud collectors.
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Posted 02/16/2020   1:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add polkaonthebanjo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your feedback. I have another stamp in the collection that I am now questioning based on your replies. Any way to tell based on the image if it is real or fake?

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Posted 02/16/2020   2:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add perf12 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Forgery again .The letters do not line up as in the genuine.Faulty "C".Wrong form in "K".....ect ...ect
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Posted 02/16/2020   2:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add polkaonthebanjo to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
OK, I suppose the other ones in this series are fakes as well, right?
Thanks!
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