Looks Like Belgium Q15

This looks like Belgium Q15 except that its not perforated. If there is a listing for the imperf. I can't find it. I'm sure its possible its a forgery but I'm inclined to doubt that because it came out of my great grandmothers collection and she stopped collecting in the mid to late 40s.

Anyone know what its scott number is?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e8...usp=drivesdk

You should post a picture here if you want our help


Peter

" Grandmothers collection so it most likely is not a fake ." It is a fake .

If you have a valid reason to believe it's a fake I'd like to know.

Because I know the stamp ......I am not a "internet" expert ,I don't look around for pictures on the internet to compare it to.

I made that page up about 40 years ago ,it is a common reason people give for thinking something is real ,we heard it over 100 times , "it is from my grandfather or it is from a real old album " that is a common reasoning people give .

Your stamp is the same as the last one on that page .

OP

Building upon "floor trader"'s advice/comments....

Suggest you Google "Belgium, parcel post stamps, forgeries", where a number of
resources will be revealed.

Forgery identification can depend on number of perforations (or lack of perforations),
paper color, and (even) image quality.

D.H. Monoxi: thanks for bringing this stamp to the forum. I have a passing interest in Belgian parcel post and pre-cancels; enough that I kept my Belgium material when I downsized the former world wide collection a couple years ago.

If you're not a member of the American Philatelic Society (stamps.org), I suggest joining. There are many benefits including access to the APS library. In 1998, the APS reprinted the classic guide to forgeries by Ferrand Serrane, originally published in 1927 and 1929. Re your stamp, he says this: "Parcel Post, 1882-94, Perf 15 1- and 2-franc. Nos. 13 and 14. Forgeries: perf 14 or imperforate. Some clandestine reprints are well executed and require design comparison; inexact shades; the forgeries are poorly executed."

These stamps also are noted by the late Dr. Varro Tyler in "Focus on Forgeries." For Scott Q7-15, some additional highlights are that most genuine stamps will have a portion of a watermark. Forgeries are unwatermarked. In addition, forgeries are incorrectly perforated, either perf 14 or less common, perf 11, or imperforate. Genuine stamps are 15 1/2 by 14 1/4 (Scott); 15 1/2 by 14 1/2 (the German Michel catalog). Hope this helps.