Another Fake Rs173i / Rs174i

The Rumsey Westpex Sale has a purported RS173i vertical pair created from a cut-down and reperforated RS173j. The genuine imperforate pairs are horizontal pairs, imperforate vertically. Here is the Rumsey lot #2510.



Revcollector and I previously had a discussion about these fakes
https://goscf.com/t/82451&whichpage=4 when one was in a Kelleher Sale in January this year




lot 974 sale 2003

And here is another fake that was in a HR Harmer sale a few years ago
https://goscf.com/t/50895

I asked a long time buyer of Rumsey to let them know. Although I expect that Richard or Eric might have told them. There are also two reperforated lots of Mansfields in the sale.

I have always wondered how many of the singles and pairs were originally blocks of four with perfs added

Quite a few. In this case, there is a single, which happens a lot, and a block of four, which is unusual.

The reperforation on the block looks like it was done using a blind carpenter's thumb. I really can't imagine how they missed it.

For those interested, lots 2511 and 2514.

https://www.rumseyauctions.com/auct...pter/108/159

There is also an RS174di up in the Kelleher sale, lot 708. I question the bottom perfs here, too.

https://stampauctionnetwork.com/V/v200493.cfm